Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils prototype of humanoid Optimus robot

Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed a prototype of a humanoid robot “Optimus” robot that shares some AI software and sensors with its cars’ Autopilot driver assistance features. At the start of Tesla's 2022 AI Day presentation, Musk acknowledged that they had "a guy in a suit" last year but promised something much more impressive today.

According to Musk, this prototype can do more than than what was shown live, but "the first time it walked without a tether was tonight on stage." Musk predicted it could hit a price of "probably less than $20,000." He claimed that the difference between Tesla’s design and other “very impressive humanoid robot demonstrations” is that Tesla’s Optimus is made for mass production in the “millions” of units and to...

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