Optimus / the Tesla bot

 Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a robot which is called Optimus/ the Tesla bot on Tesla AI  event on
August 19, 2021. He also said that Tesla would likely build a prototype by 2022. As he said Elon musk introduced the prototype of the robot on tis years event. Tesla introduced a functioning robot, with exposed cables and a bit wobbly, at its second annual AI event. The  robot slowly waved at the crowd and gestured with its hand for roughly one minute. According to Musk, it was the first time it was working without “any support, cranes, mechanical mechanisms or cables.”

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“The robot can actually do a lot more than we just showed you,” Musk said at the event. “We just didn’t want it to fall on its face.”

Tesla also showed videos of its robot performing simple tasks like carrying boxes and watering plants with a watering can.

Musk claimed that if the robot was produced in mass volumes it would “probably” cost less than $20,000. Tesla maintains that Optimus’ advantage over competitors will be its ability to navigate independently using technology developed from Tesla’s driver-assistance system “Full Self Driving,” as well as cost savings from what it has learned about manufacturing from its automotive division. (Tesla’s “Full Self Driving” requires a human that is alert and attentive, ready to take over at any time, as it is not yet capable of fully driving itself.)