Updated: September 23, 2024 16:17 IST 3 min read | Tesla wants you to teach its humanoid robot how to move like a human However, the EV manufacturing giant reportedly plans on transforming its Autopilot and FDS offerings with a custom-built supercomputer called Dojo, which has been running tasks for Tesla since last year, according to a report by CNBC. The supercomputer is being used by the company to process the massive troves of video footage and other data captured by Tesla cars to train its AI models. The high-tech, electric ride is capable of collecting vast amounts of data with an estimated five million Tesla cars, equipped with eight or more cameras, covering an average of 10,000 million miles on the road. Advertisement “They’re streaming all of that video back to Tesla,” Steven Dickens, chief technology advisor at the Futurum Group, was quoted as saying in the report. Other potential uses Dojo could also be used by the company to train its humanoid robots called Optimus that are set to be deployed on Tesla factory floors from next year. It is reportedly planning to spend $10 billion on AI in 2024. Bringing fully autonomous self-driving cars is crucial for Tesla to maintain its $63 trillion-dollar evaluation even as the automaker faces stiff competition from rivals such as Alphabet-owned Waymo, GM’s Cruise and Amazon’s Zoox as well as Chinese competitors such as Didi and Baidu The company was initially expected to hold its Robotaxi event in August, but it has now been pushed to October.