Tesla’s Optimus robot is going through growing pains

特斯拉 Optimus 机器人正经历“成长的烦恼”

Hitting its goal of making 20,000 Optimus robots per week is reportedly proving tricky for Tesla. The Information reports that Tesla produced “several hundred robots a week” last month, after it repurposed its Model S and Model X production lines for Optimus earlier this year. However, this strategy is reportedly creating manufacturing snags, like issues lining up parts precisely, as The Information notes: “Not only are the Optimus production lines new, but the Optimus parts are much smaller and have to fit together far more precisely than car parts.”

据报道，特斯拉在实现每周生产 20,000 台 Optimus 机器人的目标上遇到了困难。《The Information》报道称，在今年早些时候将 Model S 和 Model X 的生产线改用于生产 Optimus 后，特斯拉上个月的产量仅为“每周数百台”。然而，这种策略据称造成了制造瓶颈，例如零件对齐精度的问题。《The Information》指出：“不仅 Optimus 的生产线是全新的，而且其零件比汽车零件小得多，装配精度要求也高得多。”

It reports that even in the “V3” Optimus robots it’s currently producing, the hands and forearms “have more than 100 screws and other small components that currently require a worker to assemble manually.” These robots are lighter and have more cameras than previous versions, but lack a “sensing glove” currently in development that will improve durability by making it easier to replace touch sensors without swapping out the entire hand.

报道称，即使在目前生产的“V3”版 Optimus 机器人中，其手部和前臂“仍包含 100 多个螺丝和其他小零件，目前仍需要工人手动组装”。这些机器人比之前的版本更轻，摄像头也更多，但缺少一种正在研发中的“传感手套”。该手套旨在提高耐用性，使更换触觉传感器变得更容易，而无需更换整个手部。

Optimus has faced delays for years now, even as Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made bold promises about it, saying Optimus will be Tesla’s “biggest product of all time.” However, at the moment they’re still being used internally for specific tasks in limited areas, and not generally or with remote teleoperation. Tesla also reportedly plans to lease the robots initially rather than selling them, and use the training data collected to improve the robots, but it will have to get them out in the world first.

Optimus 多年来一直面临延期，尽管特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克曾大胆承诺，称 Optimus 将成为特斯拉“有史以来最重要的产品”。然而，目前它们仍仅在内部有限区域内用于特定任务，尚未实现通用化或远程遥控操作。据报道，特斯拉还计划初期以租赁而非销售的方式投放机器人，并利用收集到的训练数据来改进机器人，但前提是必须先将它们推向市场。

Meanwhile, other developers have begun shifting to less lifelike designs for their robots, and earlier this month, Chinese regulators reportedly started holding back IPO listings for humanoid robotics companies.

与此同时，其他开发商已开始转向设计外观不那么“拟人化”的机器人。此外，据报道，中国监管机构在本月初开始收紧人形机器人公司的 IPO 上市审批。