Elon Musk announced the latest edition of the humanoid “Optimus” robot on Thursday at Tesla’s “We, Robot” showcase in California.
The Tesla boss described “Optimus” as “your own personal R2D2 [or] C-3PO.”
The new robot can do multiple tasks including sweeping, cleaning, cooking, serving drinks and food, trimming the lawn, watering plants, carrying bags, and taking care of children.
“What can it do? It can basically do anything you want. It can be a teacher, babysit your kids, it can walk your dog, mow your lawn, get the groceries, just be your friend, serve drinks. Whatever you can think of, it will do,” Musk said.
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Musk unveiled at the event that Optimus would likely cost between $20,000 (£15,300) and $30,000 to buy.
“It is just a robot with arms and legs instead of a robot with wheels. You could have your own personal R2-D2, C-3PO. I think at scale this would cost something like $20-30,000. Less than a car is my prediction, long term,” Tesla CEO stated.
Interestingly, the billionaire CEO predicted that Optimus will be “the biggest product ever, of any kind”.
Some footages from the event have shown an Optimus model talking to an attendee and discussing about where it lives and was trained.
The attendee asked the robot what the hardest thing about being Optimus is, and Optimus replied “Trying to learn how to be as human as you guys are. And that is something I try hard to do every day. I hope that you will help us become that.”
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