Tesla just concluded their AI Day and one of the highlights of the event is when Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company is building a Tesla bot, humanoid robot that the company named “Optimus.”
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According to their website, Tesla bot is a bi-pedal, humanoid robot capable of performing tasks that are unsafe, repetitive or boring. Tesla bot will be five feet, eight inches tall and will weigh 125 pounds, and have a screen for a face.
Elon Musk added that a prototype will be available “sometime next year” and will take advantage of Tesla’s experience with AI that powers the company’s Autopilot driver assistance software in their products.
You can watch the full video of Tesla’s AI day on the company’s Youtube Channel. You can watch the Tesla bot part of the event in the ebedded video below;
