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Elon Musk announced that Tesla might have a working prototype of Tesla Bot, also known as Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot, by September 30 – the end of the third quarter of 2022.<\/p>\n

Last month, Musk announced ‘Tesla AI Day # 2’ with ‘many cool updates’ on August 19.<\/p>\n

The original \u201cTesla AI Day\u201d held last year was an event focused on the company’s self-driving program. The automaker also unveiled its Dojo supercomputer and announced plans for the \u201cTesla Bot\u201d humanoid robot – now known as Tesla Optimus.<\/p>\n

The AI \u200b\u200bDay # 2 was supposed to be held a year to the day after the first one, but Musk took to Twitter today to delay the event to September 30.<\/p>\n

As a reason for the delay, the CEO said that Tesla may have a working prototype of Optimus by then:<\/p>\n

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Tesla AI Day pushed to Sept 30, as we may have an Optimus prototype working by then<\/p>\n

– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

When first announcing the project last year, Musk said that Tesla would have a working prototype by the end of 2022, and recently, the CEO even said that the company aims to start production of the robot in 2023.<\/p>\n

This is an extremely ambitious timeline for such an ambitious project, but Musk said on several occasions that it has become a priority.<\/p>\n

In January, the CEO said that Tesla is prioritizing product development of the Optimus humanoid robot in 2022 over other products.<\/p>\n

Tesla plans to leverage its existing expertise in power electronics and batteries for electric vehicles to build the robot and use its AI expertise to give it a brain.<\/p>\n

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Musk said that the robot would at first be programmed to perform simple and repetitive tasks, including in manufacturing operations like Tesla’s own.<\/p>\n

Tesla plans for the robot to improve over time and be able to perform a wider range of tasks that would make it useful for both commercial and consumer applications.<\/p>\n

If successful, the project could have a massive impact on economies, which explains why Tesla has shifted its focus to it.<\/p>\n

Late, Musk has even claimed Tesla could play a role in making Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) a reality through the humanoid robot project.<\/p>\n

It sounds like we should learn a lot more about that on September 30th.<\/p>\n

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