Tesla boss Elon Musk presents humanoid robot Optimus

Tesla CEO Elon musk shows off Optimus humanoid robot prototype

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has presented the latest prototype of a humanoid robot being developed by his Tesla electric car company.
Optimus appeared on stage at a Silicon Valley event, where it waved to the audience and raised its knees.

The CEO said the robot was work-in-progress but could be on sale to the public in a few years’ time.Tesla’s mass-market robots will be tested by working jobs in the car factories, company engineers say.

The prototype was wheeled on stage during an annual Tesla AI [artificial intelligence] Day presentation.
Mr Musk said the robots would be produced en masse, at a cost lower than $20,000 and be available in three to five years.

The Tesla boss spoke of “a future of abundance” ahead. “It really is a fundamental transformation of civilization as we know it,”