2024 Is The Year of Realistic Robots (Tesla, NVidia, Figure and more)

The world of robotics is advancing pretty quickly. There’s been a flurry of robotics companies popping up from nowhere with impressive offerings. But what are the best robots around today? And why is this happening all of a sudden? We've already covered Figure AI before so let's see what other robots are out there.

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A couple of corrections:

On the point of Astribot claiming that the Tesla Bot demo was faked, Elon did in fact openly say that it was being tele-operated at the time. So apologies for missing that.

There’s also an image of Andrej Karpathy used instead of Milan Kovac.

Enjoy the video!

[nekomakhea]

"I remember when a cheeseburger was $5"
Come on Grandpa, time to go back to the old folks' home...

[winesynths]

Being disabled, I would absolutely like to have a robot who helps me with carrying things, gardening, cleaning etc. Will be so great! 😁

[baronvonhoughton]

You forgot the $200B in sex robots by 2034.

[Fantastic_Timez]

Don't underestimate sex robots. With how dystopian dating has become, it wouldn't surprise me if people started to go "I'd rather get a robot, he/she won't complain or divorce for half my money".

[paulgarcia]

If a robot can keep my house clean, cook my food, clean the dishes and do my laundry... you bet that I am buying it.

[aliensoup]

4:50 "opens bottles" - great, as long as you don't need the contents of the bottle. And have janitor robot standing by.

[novousabbott]

Cold fusion: "It's meant to be used indoors!"
Robot: *Spreads legs*
Me: 🤨

[untouchablex]

Can't wait for the T-800 model. Hopefully we will have plasma rifles in the 40-watt range.

[tiagotiagot]

The thing with home robots is, if they're not fully air-gaped, you essentially got a way for untrustworthy companies, countries, and malicious hackers in general, to physically get in your house and do whatever they want... It's just a matter of time before the first WiFi-powered burglaries and tele-assassinations start happening...

[StevenAkinyemi]

Bro, that is Andrej Karpathy, not Milan Kovac 😂

[namuzed]

9:13 "You've probably seen these restaurant robots"

Yeah... I'm pretty sure 99.5% of the population has not encountered those restaurant robots.

[DentoxRaindrops]

6:31 That's Andrej Karpathy, no? Kinda confusing when talking about Kovac

[MatthewMason]

I believe the real breakthrough in robotics will come from a general purpose mobility AI that can be plugged into any robotic system and can understand the different parts that makes up its body. Right now, every robot is trained to perform tasks at its most optimal state under perfect conditions in a perfectly working body. Once an AI comes out that can 1. understand the physical world its in and 2. understand how its own body operates at any given time, I believe we'll see another breakthrough. Imagine a robot with a rusty arm or a malfunctioning leg. Right now, any robot with these issues would simply fail and fall over. Now imagine a robot that understands "hey, my left leg isn't working at full functionality, but if I limp I can still complete the task I need to do."

That's the real breakthrough tech we need to see. Once that happens, robots will actually be a viable alternative.

[lominero]

The most accurate thing in the video was the $50 cheeseburger 😂 Great video!

[reprovedcandy]

Based on the models from the EX Robots team, I think we all know there's only one job these engineers actually want their humanoid robots to do

[idmnkeypt]

2035: "let's buy a home robot for chores around the pod, i'll take the blue one"
2045: "that humans skin will make a fine mat for my gourmet fuel battery dispenser"

[rohitanand]

I am watching your old videos and am amazed by your transformation. You started with random videos, then moved on to reviewing smartphones. Eventually, you found your sweet spot with explanatory and detailed videos. I love your content.

[somenygaard]

3:48 I’ve been looking to hire someone who can put balls in a ziplock bag.

[davidmackay]

I remember when a cheeseburger was $0.99