Zoox co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson doesn’t imagine Tesla will launch a robot transportation service in California (or anywhere else) next 12 months, despite what Elon Musk recently claimed.

“The fundamental problem is that they don’t have the technology that works,” Levinson said Wednesday at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 conference. “I also want to make a distinction between a driver-assist system that drives most of the time — except when it doesn’t work, and then you have to take over — compared to a system that is so reliable and robust that no person is needed.”

Levinson went further and specifically noted Tesla’s decision to rely solely on cameras to support its driver assistance system. “Our perspective is that it really will take much more hardware than Tesla installs in its vehicles to build a robotaxi that is not only as safe, but especially safer than a human,” he said.

Levinson’s comments come just weeks after Musk unveiled a prototype of Tesla’s so-called robotics “Cybercab.” Musk also announced at the Cybercab conference that Tesla wants to start out enabling Model 3 sedans and Model Y SUVs to operate as robots in California and Texas by the end of 2025.

Levinson said he uses Tesla’s self-driving (supervised) software “every few weeks.” And while he called it “impressive,” he also said he found it “a little stressful.”

“He usually does something good and then he kind of lulls you into a false sense of complacency and then he does something bad,” he said. “You think: Oh my God!”

Levinson further added that he believes FSD is “about 100 times less safe than a human if you look at all publicly available metrics.” (Tesla releases quarterly safety reports claim that driver assistance systems cause fewer accidents than cars without them – although these are self-reported statistics criticized as selective.)

The comments about Tesla got here as Levinson announced that Zoox will launch a custom-built robotaxi in the San Francisco and Las Vegas markets in the coming weeks. The company plans to make them available in the Early Rider program in 2025.

Boston Dynamics’ latest humanoid is quietly and leaps and bounds improving behind the scenes. It was announced in April, and in August we got a transient insight into the ability of the electric Atlas with a video of the robot doing push-ups. The latest moviereleased Wednesday, shows the robot doing work in an illustration space, moving engine parts between containers.

Boston Dynamics is quick to notice that actions are performed autonomously, without “prescribed or remotely controlled movements.” This disclaimer is seemingly a shadow solid over other humanoid demonstrations which were misleading in an try and attract attention online.

The video comes two weeks after Hyundai’s robotics company announced a landmark agreement with the Toyota Research Institute. It’s unclear how much of the three-minute video is the results of this partnership, which sees TRI bring impressive robotics learning capabilities and real-time adaptations to the platform.

Boston Dynamics notes: “The robot is capable of detect and reply to changes within the environment (e.g., moving equipment) and operational errors (e.g., cover not in place, tripping, collision with the environment) using a mix of vision, force, and proprioceptive sensors “

As with competitors like Figura, Tesla and Apptronik, Boston Dynamics’ first applications for the two-legged robot include work in car factories. This focus is sensible considering the corporate is currently owned by Hyundai, which has decided to strike a cope with Toyota’s research wing. The automotive industry has also been well ahead of the automation curve for many years.

In addition to autonomously performing tasks, the video shows off the impressive adaptive — and powerful — actuators because the robot rotates on the waist. The motion minimizes movements, saving precious seconds in the method.

Swiggy, one of India’s largest food delivery and fast commerce startups, is seeking a valuation of as much as $11.3 billion in its IPO, representing a 57% discount to Zomato’s market capitalization.

The loss-making Bengaluru-based company has set an IPO price band of ₹371-390 ($4.41-$4.64) per share in its IPO next month. At the high end, the valuation would represent only a small premium to the corporate’s market value of $10.7 billion in early 2022, which is removed from recent valuations by mutual fund investors Invesco and Baron.

Swiggy goals to lift $1.34 billion, of which $535 million will likely be through a fresh share issue and the remainder through exit from existing investors. Swiggy, which led India’s food delivery market 4 years ago and pioneered fast trading, has since lost significant market share in each segments. In terms of fast trading, it currently ranks third behind Zomato’s BlinkIt and Nexus-powered Zepto.

Zomato, which recently announced plans to lift as much as $1 billion through a professional institutional placement, currently has a market capitalization of $26.2 billion.