Tesla is launching a humanoid robot that Elon Musk believes can help eliminate “dangerous, repetitive and boring tasks”, while promising its human handlers will be able to outrun it.
The electric car maker’s eccentric chief executive claimed the Tesla Bot would enter its prototype phase, although Mr Musk’s companies have notoriously pushed back their timelines on other ambitious projects such as fully autonomous cars.
Speaking at the electric carmaker’s “AI day” event, Mr Musk promised the Tesla Bot “will be real”, with a human shape, weigh around 56kg, stand 5ft 8 tall and be capable of lifting 68kg. He also revealed developments in Tesla’s self-driving car capabilities and powerful computer chips.
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