Tesla announces its own smart robot
Soon also a Tesla in your living room in the form of a robot? It is the latest development.
Tesla goes way beyond being a car manufacturer. For example, you can also install a roof full of solar panels from the American brand. Now Tesla will also be working on bringing its own robot to market. Elon Musk announced this during an event where the robot was officially introduced.
The robot is still a prototype, but should actually be ready sometime next year. It’s not a pet or anything like that. According to Tesla, this robot has to perform tasks that are boring, repetitive or dangerous for humans. So think of assembly line work or something like that. What is interesting is that various hardware and software components come from Autopilot. Tesla’s autonomous driving system.
Artificial intelligence is built into the software of the Tesla robot. That’s how the thing is programmed to be nice to people. However, the robot has been developed to perform mainly mechanical things. It is certainly not your new best friend to watch a movie on the couch in the evening. The robot weighs 56 kg and is about 1.52 meters long. Entirely in the style of Tesla, the robot has been codenamed Optimus internally. A nod to the Transformers movies. For the public, the robot listens to the name Tesla Bot.
