ELON Musk has plans to reveal a prototype of Tesla’s humanoid robot in September.
Billionaire Elon Musk said that he was moving Tesla’s “AI Day” from August to September in the hopes of presenting his Optimus bot.
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“Tesla AI Day pushed to Sept 30, as we may have an Optimus prototype working by then,” the Tesla CEO tweeted on Thursday.
The news came as a shock to many Twitter users given that Musk had previously predicted the robot would be ready in 2023.
Tesla’s Optimus bot
Optimus is an unreleased product being developed with the intention of serving as a general-purpose robot that can do everyday tasks, such as going grocery shopping at the supermarket.
Musk has revealed that the Tesla bot is “intended to be friendly”.
It will stand at 5 feet 8 inches tall and weigh in at a realistic 125 lbs.
Optimus will come equipped with several cameras, sensors, and self-piloting software.
The “friendly” bot will also be able to carry up to 45 pounds and travel at speeds up to 5mph.
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And just to be on the safe side, the billionaire has reassured that the humanoid will be set at mechanical and physical levels that make it easy for humans to both run away from and overpower it.
A ‘significant’ product
Last year, at the Tesla AI Day, Musk stated that “in the future, physical work will be a choice. If you want to do it you can, but you won’t need to do it.”
For that reason, the billionaire CEO said the humanoid robot could be the most significant product Tesla is working on in 2022.
“In terms of priority of products, I think actually the most important product development we’re doing this year is the Optimus humanoid robot,” Musk said on Wednesday at Tesla’s Q4 2021 earnings result.
Tesla’s Director of Artificial Intelligence, Andrej Karpathy, has said that he believes the Tesla Bot is “on track to become the most powerful A.I. development platform.”
If that prediction pans out, that would push Tesla’s growth, which has already broken sales records in 2021, to astronomical levels.
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