Tesla (TSLA, Financial) is ramping up its efforts in the robotics field with 78 job openings related to its Optimus robot project in the United States. Key figures in the project, such as Optimus AI head Ashish Kumar and senior manager Julian Ibarz, are actively seeking talent on social media platforms like X.
Ashish Kumar highlighted Tesla's plans to extend reinforcement learning simulations to complex tasks involving a 22-degree-of-freedom robotic hand. This initiative is expected to advance the development of dexterous robotic specialists. Kumar's team is also working on creating universal robotic strategies using both robot and internet video data, marking crucial steps towards achieving general robotic intelligence.
Julian Ibarz invited individuals interested in end-to-end motion and operation reinforcement learning to join the team. Earlier this year, Tesla's CEO Elon Musk mentioned plans to produce thousands of Optimus humanoid robots by 2025 for initial testing in factories. If successful, production could increase tenfold by 2026, aiming for 50,000 to 100,000 units.
