Elon Musk Unveils Tesla Bot

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils a humanoid robot that uses vehicle AI. The carmaker’s CEO joked, “It’s intended to be friendly.”

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The humanoid robot is called the “Tesla Bot”. It will use the same AI used by Tesla’s fleet of autonomous vehicles. It is a functioning version of the robot and never made an appearance until Musk’s recent unexpected reveal.

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At Tesla’s AI Day presentation the unexpected reveal came out to the audience. Musk provided few details about the robot at PowerPoint slides. It is slightly creepy, Slenderman-like 5-foot-8-inch robot. This robot is expected to weigh in at 125 pounds. Musk also mentioned that the robot is built from “lightweight materials.”

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Musk envisions that Tesla Bot will play important role to change the future of work. He said, “This, I think, will be quite profound. Essentially, 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.”