By akademiotoelektronik, 18/05/2022

Tesla, leading in artificial intelligence with Dojo and a future humanoid

Tesla held its'AI 'day yesterday, dedicated to artificial intelligence and autonomous driving solutions. The meeting was being followed closely, as the case had been under pressure in recent days on the stock exchange against the background of investigations by the NHTSA, the US road safety authority, about the Autopilot and a series of accidents. Democrats Richard Blumenthal and Edward Markey have also asked the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) to investigate possible misleading marketing practices by Tesla about Autopilot and autonomous driving, in a letter addressed to Lina Khan, the young chairman of the FTC.

Last night, Elon Musk made his fans dream by announcing that Tesla would soon launch, probably next year, a prototype of 'Tesla Bot', a kind of humanoid robot replacing humans in certain repetitive or potentially dangerous tasks. This human-sized robot would be able, for example, to attach bolts to vehicles or to recover goods. Musk did not comment on the NHTSA investigation, but assured that he remained confident in his group's ability to achieve independent driving with greater safety than human driving. Those who were waiting for a real blockbuster announcement at this'AI Day', such as the Barrow's, may still be a little disappointed. Its 57-kilogram robot of 1.77 m, capable of lifting more than its weight and walking at 8 km / h, has a screen dedicated to displaying important information and is designed to integrate 'friendly' with humans, but the prospect of a short term application does not seem obvious.

Ganesh Venkataramanan, Sr. Director Autopilot hardware of Tesla, unveiled yesterday the D1 'chip' containing 7 nm technology and designed in-house, intended for its supercomputer Dojo, one of the most powerful in the world, on which much of Tesla's AI architecture depends and which forms the neural network using vehicle data.

Regarding autonomous driving, Musk and AI Day stakeholders pointed out that Dojo was not going to be limited to one technology for the fully autonomous driving system. "this is not supposed to be just limited to Tesla cars," Musk said, according to which it would only be a particular application of this artificial intelligence. "I think there are more applications to come that will make sense." According to Musk, Dojo should be operational next year. Yesterday, the charismatic leader and his teams also supported their vision and approach to autonomy, using the famous neural networks to allow a car to operate ideally anywhere in the world via the Autopilot system.