Tesla Bot Optimus Gen 2

Tesla Bot, also known as Optimus, is a humanoid robot project under development by Tesla, Inc. It was announced at the company's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Day event on August 19, 2021. Elon Musk, Tesla's chairman, stated during the event that Tesla would likely build a prototype in 2022. Musk has said that he believes Optimus "has the potential to be more significant than the vehicle business over time."

On April 7, 2022, a product display was unveiled at Tesla's Giga Texas manufacturing facility during the Cyber ​​Rodeo event. Musk said he hopes to have the robot ready for production in 2023 and claimed that Optimus will eventually be able to do "anything humans don't want to do."

In June 2022, Musk announced that the first prototype Tesla expects to unveil later in 2022 at the second AI Day event will look nothing like the display model at Cyber ​​Rodeo.

In September 2022, semi-functional prototypes of Optimus were displayed at Tesla's second AI Day. One prototype was able to walk around the stage, and another sleeker version could move its arms.

In September 2023, Tesla released a video showing Optimus doing new activities, including sorting colored blocks by color and demonstrating its flexibility by holding a yoga pose.

Tesla Bot is planned to be 5 feet 8 inches (173 cm) tall and weigh 125 pounds (57 kg). According to the presentation made during the first AI Day event, a Tesla Bot will be "controlled by the same AI system Tesla is developing for the advanced driver assistance system used in its cars" and will have a payload capacity of 45 lb (20 kg). The proposed tasks for the product are ones that are "dangerous, repetitive, and boring," such as providing manufacturing assistance.