A new competitor has emerged for Elon Musk and Tesla Inc.'s (NASDAQ:TSLA) humanoid-robot goals after a former Optimus team member announced a new company competing in the robotics space.
UMA Announces Robot The new venture, called UMA, is led by former Tesla scientist Rémi Cadène, who spent about three years at Tesla working on AI tied to both driver-assistance and Optimus, Electrek reported on Tuesday.
Read Also: SpaceX Doubles Prices for Starlink Aviation Plans, Raises Hardware Cost to $200,000 Universal Mechanical Assistant, or UMA, based in Paris, France, says its first concept, a lightweight humanoid dubbed Northstar, is aimed initially at factories and warehouses, with a longer-term goal of home use.
Cadène also said the company is already in discussions with 50 prospective customers and wants to begin industrial pilots as early as this year, the report said.
However, UMA will initially target Europe for its operations, the report said.
