Tesla working on humanoid robot prototype

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk said the electric automaker will probably launch a ‘Tesla Bot’ humanoid robot prototype next year, designed for dangerous, repetitive, or boring work that people don’t like to do, Report informs referring to Reuters.

Speaking at Tesla’s AI Day event, the billionaire entrepreneur said the robot, which stands around five foot eight inches tall, would be able to handle jobs from attaching bolts to cars with a wrench or picking up groceries at stores.

The robot would have ‘profound implications for the economy,’ Musk said, addressing a labor shortage. He said it was essential to make the machine not ‘super-expensive.’

At the event on Aug. 19, Tesla also unveiled chips it designed in-house for its high-speed computer, Dojo, to help develop its automated driving system. Musk said Dojo would be operational next year.

He said Tesla will also introduce new hardware for its self-driving computer for its Cybertruck electric pick-up truck in ‘about a year or so.’

Tesla in July pushed back the launch of its much-anticipated Cybertruck from this year, without giving a timeframe for its arrival on the market.