Elon Musk reveals plans to unleash a humanoid Tesla Bot

Tesla CEO Elon Musk ended a deeply technical AI Day occasion with a head-turning announcement: a humanoid robotic.

After a dancing human dressed as a robotic moved off stage at Thursday’s invitation-only occasion in Palo Alto, California, Musk launched Tesla Bot. Will probably be based mostly on Tesla’s Autopilot system and is basically a humanoid type of the automotive. Musk considers the electrical autos “totally sentient robots on wheels.” So would possibly as properly make it a human-like bot!

The bot seems to be like a human with two arms (and two fingers with 5 fingers) and two legs. It will stand at 5 ft eight inches and weigh 125 kilos. It will probably solely run 5 mph, which Musk assured was sluggish sufficient for most individuals to flee if one thing goes unsuitable: “When you can run quicker than that it’ll be wonderful.”

Most significantly, Musk stated it might be pleasant (“in fact”) and function harmful, repetitive, and boring duties because it “navigates a world constructed for people.”

Musk repeated that the humanoid would have a display screen on its head and eight cameras, like on Tesla automobiles that may drive with help from Autopilot. “It is all the identical instruments we see within the automotive,” he stated.

As to what the bot will truly do, Musk desires to start out with duties that people do not need to do. He talked about examples in a manufacturing unit, like retrieving a bolt and attaching it to a automotive or out in the true world, like going to a retailer and getting groceries.

He envisions with the ability to speak to it and Tesla Bot will work out what to do with out express coaching, whether or not that is working with a device or carrying a bag. Tesla Bot 1.zero will probably be centered on serving to with common duties, however Musk did not rule out that ultimately the robotic might function one thing extra.

“It may be your buddy too,” he stated. “Purchase one and it may be your good friend.”

Musk did not give a value vary for the system, however stated Tesla desires to verify the bot is not “tremendous costly.” A prototype is predicted a while subsequent 12 months, so be looking out.

As Musk mused, “I believe this will probably be fairly profound.”