Elon Musk unveils his Tesla robot, and it's at least a robot

At the event on Friday, Musk showed prototype versions of the robot. Yes, they were definitely machines.

He said that he wanted to set some expectations with respect to the robot. Last year it was a person in a suit. Compared to that, it's going to be very impressive.

Did the things the sixth most valuable company in the world reveal more than a person in a robot suit? You must be the judge.

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Over the course of a three-hour event held on a Friday afternoon, Musk and some of hisTesla employees updated the public not just on therobots themselves, but on the company's entire robot operation and its artificial intelligence development process. Musk was in a sort of self-deprecating goofball mode, rather than in full visionary mode, as he showed off his stiff, stumblingrobots.

Musk said they didn't want it to fall on its face.

The live demonstration featured a wire-laden robot that can walk on its own, but with less agility, and one that has its wires concealed under a streamlined shell. The more streamlined version requires a group of people to keep it from collapsing. If the content of a video presentation played on a screen during a live demo is to be believed, the wire-laden version can, if tethered to an apparatus attached to the ceiling, water plants with a big, plastic watering can, and moving long, slender metal objects around in any sort

It's possible to have this machine in your house for less than $20,000. It might be possible. Musk and his companies have a long history of innovative ideas that have yet to be realized. Musk admitted that it was a ruse to get California to stop high-speed rail.

The prototype on stage was developed in the past six months. Within the next few months or years, the hope is to get a working design. The arms, feet, joints, and even the "Biologically inspired Design" of the robot's human-like hands were all demonstrated.

One of the reasons the event was happening was that it was a high-budget help wanted ad. He said that the company wanted to convince some of the most talented people in the world to join them.

The autopilot hardware inTesla's cars is used to power the Optimus bot. Motion captures real-world tasks like lifting a box were used to re-tool the artificial intelligence. The most important product development we're doing this year is theTeslabot.

Many companies are getting further along in the development of robots that can run, jump, and walk. Musk has more promises than actual delivery of those promises, but even those robot won't be watering our plants soon.

Musk claimed that the public controls the company because it's a publicly traded company with one class of stock. Musk said that if he went crazy, you could fire him.

The development of robot hardware and software at other companies, like Honda and Toyota, have been going on without controversy for a long time. Our initial impression from Musk's prototype build is that the robot is able to walk.