Elon Musk might have been inspired by Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot, its founder said.
Marc Raibert suggested that Musk's ambitions for Tesla's Optimus are driven by its robot Atlas.
Raibert made the comments on an episode of Lex Fridman's podcast last week.
Elon Musk’s humanoid robotics dream might have been inspired by Boston Dynamics — the company behind the "Black Mirror" style robot dogs.
Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert recently said that he believes Musk’s ambitions are being driven by seeing the progression of the company's bipedal robot, Atlas.
Raibert spoke about Musk and the robotics industry on a recent episode of Lex Fridman's podcast.
The roboticist said: “I'd like to take some credit for his [Musk's] ambition. If I read between the lines, it’s hard not to think that seeing what Atlas is doing is a little bit of an inspiration."
Raibert, who started the company as a spinoff from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology lab in 1992, also joked that he "would love to host robot meetups" between Atlas and Tesla’s robot, Optimus.
Boston Dynamics first debuted Atlas in 2013 and introduced it to the world in a YouTube video that showed it could navigate rocky terrain and stay upright.
In 2020, the company started selling its four-legged robot dog called Spot. One artist previously trained three of the robot dogs to paint and they starred in their own exhibition.
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