[ZeroGravitas]

There's a Munro Live video from the event on YouTube where the host is talking enthusiastically about how the Optimus robots are going to take over all dirty and dangerous jobs and the whole time he's talking the video is showing a robot at the event failing miserably at picking up a small bag of chocolates.

The bag has clearly been designed to be easy to pick up, it's positioned on a custom made table top to perfectly space them out and make it easy and still the robot manages to lift two of them by mistake and topple a whole line of them with one ending up on the floor.

[nabla9]

Optimus robots were remotely controlled by humans at the "We, Robot" event during Cybercab. They are not ready even for demo purposes.

It was clever trick because many attendees did not even think the possibility hose were teleoperated interactions because Musk did not bring it up. Some investment firms were clearly not amused by it.

[krick]

It seemed pretty obvious to me. Yet, I was pretty impressed nonetheless, I mean, the sheer dexterity of movement of these things with a human-hand anatomy surprised me, I don't think I've seen it before, and didn't know carnival toys are at this level yet. Is it a commonplace technology? It seems like it must have some practical uses, to be able to operate an almost-human body remotely like that. But, as I've just said, I don't think I ever saw this, only clunky specialized robots with poor movement control. And Boston dynamics pre-programmed toys.

[bjarneh]

> is showing a robot at the event failing miserably at picking up a small bag of chocolates

Luckily that's not one of the dirty or dangerous jobs it will soon take over :-)

[blitzar]

I for one can not wait till I no longer have to engage in the dangerous activity of picking up small bags of chocolates.

[bjarneh]

You're preaching to the choire