Tesla AI

Optimus, also known as Tesla Bot, is a general-purpose robotic humanoid under development by Tesla, Inc.[1] It was announced at the company's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Day event on August 19, 2021,[1] and a prototype was shown in 2022. Musk predicted that it would become the biggest product ever, not just Tesla's biggest product ever.[2][3] Media and expert opinions based on corporate showcases have been mixed. On April 7, 2022, a display for the product was featured at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing facility during the Cyber Rodeo event. Musk said that he hoped to have the robot production ready by 2023 and claimed Optimus will eventually be able to do "anything that humans don’t want to do."[4] In June 2022, Musk announced the first prototype that Tesla hoped to unveil later in 2022 at the second AI Day event, and stated on Twitter that it would not look anything like the model displayed at the Cyber Rodeo event.[5] In September 2022, semi-functional prototypes of Optimus were displayed at Tesla's second AI Day.[6][7] One prototype was able to walk about the stage and another, sleeker version could move its arms.[8][9] In September 2023, Tesla released a video of Optimus demonstrating how it could perform new activities including sorting colored blocks by color, locate its limbs in space, and had increased flexibility as it could maintain a yoga pose.[10]