Musk, the richest man in the world, said that there will be other exciting news and things he is preparing, which will be revealed on Artificial Intelligence Day.
Elon Musk Speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum announced that the robot manufactured by Tesla will make its appearance on September 30th. The robot has become known as “Tesla Bot”, although its name is “Optimus Subprime”.
The robotic man Optimus as the “Daily Mail” writes, he will be almost two meters tall, he will be able to walk at five miles per hour and lift 150 kilos.
It is designed to handle “dangerous and boring” tasks in a factory and in other environments, although it will be a “friendly” and loyal companion, like a pet. They should be able to handle a number of tasks, such as attaching screws to car keys and even helping with shopping!
The illustrations released so far show that the robot is quite similar to the “NS5” robots in the 2004 American science fiction film “I, Robot”.
«“I hope we have an interesting prototype to show to the world.” said Elon Musk. “We have a very talented team at Tesla with which I work closely to have a prototype humanoid robot ready by the end of September. And I think we are at that point».
The Tesla robot will include the Autopilot computer, used in the company’s electric cars, which will allow the humanoid to recognize real-world objects, although the robot will have its own custom sensors.
Tesla Autopilot cameras will be mounted on the front of the robot’s head and its internal operation will be powered by a company computer.
Musk, who also owns SpaceX and is the richest man in the world, said there would be “other exciting things” to be revealed on Artificial Intelligence Day, without elaborating.
He also referred to the job cuts to be made at Tesla, saying the company would cut its staff by 10% over the next three months.
Artificial Intelligence Day is an event dedicated to the presentation of the artificial intelligence technologies in which the company works.
Musk told the Qatar Economic Forum that Tesla was holding such events to make it known that “Tesla is much more than just a car company». «We are, in my opinion, the leading artificial intelligence company in the real world“, He added.
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