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Tesla will launch prototype of humanoid robot next year
The robot with a human-like appearance would carry out the work people like to do least, with "profound implications for the economy," Musk said at the company's AI Day event on Thursday.
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Elon Musk said his company will launch humanoid robots next year. (AFP/Britta Pedersen)
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esla Inc CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said it will probably launch the prototype of a humanoid robot called "Tesla Bot" next year, saying the robot would "eliminate dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks."
The robot with a human-like appearance would carry out the work people like to do least, with "profound implications for the economy," Musk said at the company's AI Day event on Thursday.
Tesla unveiled at the event chips it designed in-house for its fast computer, Dojo, to train its automated driving system.
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Musk said Dojo would be operational next year.
A few years ago, Musk asked Tesla engineers "to design a superfast training computer and that's how we started Project Dojo," Tesla director Ganesh Venkataramanan said at the AI Day event.
