Tesla is developing the Tesla Bot, a humanoid robot that is advertised as being "friendly" and will eliminate "dangerous, repetitive and boring" tasks. They're expecting a prototype to be released sometime next year.
Elon Musk says Tesla is developing a humanoid robot
Remember that weird Will Smith movie about robots? Yeah, neither do we. But Elon Musk does. Tesla is developing a 5’8” Tesla Bot, with a prototypetechcrunch.com
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The media gets trolled again.
Vice said:Announced at a presentation at Tesla's Fremont, California factory, Musk failed to offer a working robot or even a substantive presentation explaining how it would get there. Instead, a human dressed in a vaguely machine-like bodysuit appeared. They pantomimed a machine's movements before breaking into dance on stage. The not-a-robot danced like a 1920s flapper to Skrillex before Elon cut the music.
Elon Musk's 'Tesla Bot' Is a Shitpost
Musk warned the robot "probably wouldn't work," but judging by his previous promises and predictions, it might not exist at all.
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