The World Robot Conference in Beijing was a show floor of wonder last week.
Humanoid Chinese robots played the zither, folded laundry, and bested humans at the board game Go.
As these modern miracles unfolded, Teslas Optimus robot looked on, unmoving, from inside a glass box.
Visitors are viewing Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus Prime II at WAIC in Shanghai, China, on July 7, 2024.© Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images
The conference took place in Beijing and ran from August 21st to the 25th.
The Astribot S1 was there performing Chinese martial arts and writing calligraphy with a brush.
The Galbot and Turui robots proved their worth by bagging groceries and moving soda cans around some shelves.
Another company, Agribo, promised it would begin delivering some ofits machinesto customers this October.
Optimus is a sleek looking humanoid robot but it hasnt done well in its product demos.
During the presentation, a stiff looking machine walked on stage with Musk.
It turned out it wasjust a guy in a suit.
The people making robots want people to know that the robots are moving independently.
Twenty-seven new robots made their debuts at the conference while Optimus looked on from his glass cage.
Musk claimed that Optimus would roll into Tesla factories by the end of the year.
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