Tesla announced Thursday at its “AI Day” that it will build a “Tesla Bot” as soon as 2022.
Chief Executive Elon Musk said the human-like robot will be able to complete tasks that are “boring, dangerous, repetitive jobs that people don’t want to do.”
A Tesla Bot was on display at the event, but as a joke the company put a person in a suit designed to look like Tesla Bot to dance on stage. “Tesla Bot will be real,” Musk said.
Musk said the top goal of Tesla Bot was to make it safe.
“It’s intended to be a friend, of course,” Musk said.
The robot will be 5 feet 8 inches tall and 125 pounds. The head of the robot will include a screen to display useful information. Tesla says the robot will have “human-level hands.” The robot’s top speed will be about 5 MPH.
“At a physical level you can run away from it and most likely overpower it,” Musk said.
The robot leverages the technology developed for its Autopilot feature in its vehicles. The system includes eight cameras and the same computer found in Tesla cars.
The company did not offer any details on pricing for the robot.