Clean robotaxis: Tesla shows autonomous cleaning robot for the Cybercab
In a video, Tesla shows the vision of how its autonomous robot cars can be cleaned just as autonomously by robots.
Tesla's cleaning robot (here only as a rendering) is designed to keep the company's future Robotaxis clean automatically.
(Image: Tesla (Screenshot))
The US electric car manufacturer Tesla has shared its vision of how the planned Cybercab robot cabs could be kept clean automatically in the future. The result is a robotic arm with an oversized vacuum cleaner and other cleaning attachments, as a Tesla video captioned "This Robot sucks" shows.
Tesla's announced robot car Cybercab needs to be cleaned from time to time. Apparently, the company not only wants to fully automate the process of driving and charging the batteries, but also save on staff for cleaning. Accordingly, Tesla has brought a cleaning robot into play that is supposed to keep the robot cabs spick and span on its own.
Autonomous cleaning
However, the device only exists virtually so far. Tesla is not providing any information about the robot. The video shows a robotic arm equipped with a large vacuum cleaner that not only removes crumbs from the seats and cracks in the fittings, but can also suck in entire bottles or bags and rucksacks and move them around.
Apparently, however, there are supposed to be different attachments for the robot, which the robot should presumably be able to change itself depending on the type of cleaning. The video also shows a cleaning pad that cleans the display in the vehicle.
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The idea of automatically cleaning a Cybercab after the work is done is not entirely uncharming. For example, cleaning could take place at times when the robotaxi would just be standing around empty –, for example at night. However, these are times when there is not enough staff available for such cleaning work. The use of cleaning robots could also reduce the overall operating costs of the Cybercab.
When presenting his third-quarter results at the end of January, Elon Musk announced his intention to launch a robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, as early as June 2025. However, it remains to be seen whether this will actually happen. It is unlikely that Tesla's robot cabs will be cleaned by robots by then. It is likely that the initially small number of self-driving cars will first be swept by cleaning staff.
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