Tesla Could Have A Working Humanoid Robot By September 2022Elon Musk recently postponed
Tesla’s second AI Day from August 19th to September 30th. In a Tweet, Musk blamed the delay on the possibility that they may have a
working humanoid robot to show off by that point.
The humanoid robot, named
Optimus (previously known as Tesla Bot), was one of the big announcements at the
last AI Day in August 2021. For some, the Optimus reveal was a bit of a curve ball, because they thought Tesla’s AI technology and Project Dojo supercomputer were exclusively aimed at developing the company’s
self-driving car capabilities as quickly as possible.
At the time of the original announcement, Musk argued that the humanoid robot would have the
“potential to be more significant than the vehicle business over time” and eventually mean that
“physical work will be a choice”. The
Optimus Tesla Bot was a final reveal at the last AI Day, but it could be more of a central focus for the next one.
