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Elon Musk shared new details about Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot - including information about the cost and likely uses for it - in an essay published online.
The robot, which is intended for industrial and domestic uses, will debut at AI Day September 30 after first being announced at AI Day in August 2021.
'Tesla Bots are initially positioned to replace people in repetitive, boring, and dangerous tasks. But the vision is for them to serve millions of households, such as cooking, mowing lawns, and caring for the elderly,' Musk wrote in the essay published in China Cyberspace magazine.
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'Tesla Bots are initially positioned to replace people in repetitive, boring, and dangerous tasks,' Elon Musk explained in a recent essay
'The vision is for them to serve millions of households, such as cooking, mowing lawns, and caring for the elderly,' the mogul added
'The Tesla Bot is close to the height and weight of an adult, can carry or pick up heavy objects, walk fast in small steps, and the screen on its face is an interactive interface for communication with people,' Musk, seen above, explained in the essay
The mogul explained that the android, which will have human-like limbs and features, was deliberately designed that way.
'The Tesla Bot is close to the height and weight of an adult, can carry or pick up heavy objects, walk fast in small steps, and the screen on its face is an interactive interface for communication with people.
'You may wonder why we designed this robot with legs. Because human society is based on the interaction of a bipedal humanoid with two arms and ten fingers.
'So if we want a robot to adapt to its environment and be able to do what humans do, it has to be roughly the same size, shape, and capabilities as a human,' Musk explained.
The CEO confirmed that he's planning to focus on improving the bot's intelligence and solving the problem of large-scale
