git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 15 days agoTesla discontinues Model X and S vehicles as Elon Musk pivots to roboticswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up184
arrow-up184external-linkTesla discontinues Model X and S vehicles as Elon Musk pivots to roboticswww.theguardian.comgit [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squarenothx [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·15 days agoBoston dynamics has been trying for like 3 decades and their shit still sucks. Elon is gonna succeed in his robotics speed run tho, no doubt.
minus-squareGuamer [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·15 days agoDefine “sucks”? Their stuff’s pretty cool from what I’ve seen.
minus-squareLovely_sombrero [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·15 days agoTesla is betting on a multipurpose humanoid robots. That is the main problem here, it is difficult to make just a single robot that can do everything, instead of a line of different robots for very specific use cases.
minus-squareWakmrow [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoThis is like. Fucking impossible.
minus-squareLovely_sombrero [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-215 days ago“Tesla will have one million Robotaxis on the road by the end of 2020” [edit] “Musk admits no Optimus robots are doing ‘useful work’ at Tesla — after claiming otherwise” He says that $TSLA’s Optimus is going to be produced ‘later this year’, however later admitted its still only in the R&D phase… https://electrek.co/2026/01/28/musk-admits-no-optimus-robots-are-doing-useful-work-at-tesla-after-claiming-otherwise/
minus-squarenothx [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·15 days agoI’m just being hyperbolic and sarcastic.
Boston dynamics has been trying for like 3 decades and their shit still sucks. Elon is gonna succeed in his robotics speed run tho, no doubt.
Define “sucks”? Their stuff’s pretty cool from what I’ve seen.
Tesla is betting on a multipurpose humanoid robots. That is the main problem here, it is difficult to make just a single robot that can do everything, instead of a line of different robots for very specific use cases.
This is like. Fucking impossible.
“Tesla will have one million Robotaxis on the road by the end of 2020”
[edit]
https://electrek.co/2026/01/28/musk-admits-no-optimus-robots-are-doing-useful-work-at-tesla-after-claiming-otherwise/
I’m just being hyperbolic and sarcastic.