It seems like a hard problem this human locomotion - almost like self driving cars.
Doesn't necessarily make it a right choice, though.
However, Tesla (usually) does the right thing after exhaustively trying all the wrong ones first. :-)
“The future is tendon driven and evolutionary algorithms “
“passive dynamics”
Let’s see how things progress 5 years from now
https://jalopnik.com/elon-musk-promises-full-self-driving-ne...
The Tesla bot is just the next lie. It doesn't matter if it never works right. It doesn't matter if it is perpetually "one year away". People will buy in, just like they did with FSD.
Tesla robot moves like Asimo, very static "I have poop in my pants" walk. Little inverse kinematics, mostly looks like preprogrammed/pre learned moves that work only on known flat surface. Boston Dynamics Atlas it is not.
I'm impartial - I don't have any tesla stocks or own one (have only taken one for a drive).
They are OK cars, but musk is a bullshitter and overhypes a lot, and the cracks in the facade are starting to show as other manufactures release EVs.
People have also calculated deliveries of gigapress cars to confirm the scrap rate so its not BS.
Then there is the issue of the casting cracking in an accident which can potentially write off a car that would have been repairable with traditional spot welded designs, this will increase insurance rates for Teslas long term.
So it remains to be see if its a genius move from Musk, or if traditional spot welded designs are in fact the better approach.
Fair enough. There is a chance it may not work as they planned, but the fact that they are buying more gigapresses tells me they are confident they will get it to work.
Munro and associates did a couple of videos on gigcasting. They did talk about what happens in crashes and did not see it as a major concern. Munro is universally recognized as the leading experts in automotive manufacturing.
link to video where they talk about cracking the gigacast and why it doesn't matter:
https://youtu.be/WNWYk4DdT_E?t=335
Watch the full episodes here:
You notice when he talked about a failed casting he didn't mention anything around the fact that castings are brittle relative to sheet metal and bits can snap off vs flex.
So something like a suspension mounting point can break off the casting and that's a write off as its very hard if not impossible to weld back.
Munro actually started off being severely critical about Tesla’s build quality, but once they started tearing down the vehicle, started realizing the superior manufacturing prowess of Tesla, they switched focus and bet their company on electric vehicles being the future.
I’ve been following Munro for over a decade, I’m involved in the automotive sector, nothing to do with Tesla, I’ve seen Munro’s full evolution and 180 turnaround on Tesla.