
The Infinite Retina
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The Tesla factory, for instance, has 1,200 robots, and that’s up from prior years. Tesla isn’t alone. Many companies are seeing more robots in their manufacturing lines. The word from Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, is that Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus1, had started working on the factory floor by the end of 2024.
It used to be that robots were things kept in cages. These robots were too dangerous for humans to get close to. They moved very heavy parts quickly. When we visited Ford’s Rouge Factory, which builds a new F-150 truck every minute, we saw such a robot installing windshields into new trucks.
While many robots continue to work away from humans, a new kind of robot is showing up―”cobots.” These new robots work right next to humans, and even with humans aiding them in tasks. Controlling these new cobots is difficult, though. After all, it’s easy to tell another human “Hey...
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