# Musk says Tesla will launch prototype of humanoid robot next year Author: Pal Sinha, Barnali Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali Published: 2021-08-20 Category: BUSINESS Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/business Meta Title: Tesla CEO Elon Musk Announces Humanoid Robot 'Tesla Meta Description: Elon Musk announced at the AI Day event that Tesla will introduce a humanoid robot next year, aiming to tackle dangerous and repetitive tasks. URL: https://financedigest.com/musk-says-tesla-will-launch-prototype-of-humanoid-robot-next-yearhtml ![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qst7v3003gwirgwqtxn8i8/images/2021-08-19t141759z1lynxmpeh7i0pjrtroptp4tesla-technology-ai-1736837994330-compressed.jpg) SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said it will probably launch the prototype of a humanoid robot called “Tesla Bot” next year, saying the robot would “eliminate dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks.” The robot with a human-like appearance would carry out the work people like to do least, with “profound implications for the economy,” Musk said at the company’s AI Day event on Thursday. Tesla unveiled at the event chips it designed in-house https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-unveils-own-chip-ai-training-computer-dojo-2021-08-20 for its fast computer, Dojo, to train its automated driving system. Musk said Dojo would be operational [next year](https://www.financedigest.com/1-in-10-workers-considering-a-career-change-in-the-next-year.html "1 in 10 workers considering a career change in the next year"). A few years ago, [Musk asked Tesla](https://www.financedigest.com/musk-says-tesla-price-cuts-triggered-demand-2023-sales-could-hit-2-million-vehicles.html "Musk says Tesla price cuts triggered demand, 2023 sales could hit 2 million vehicles") engineers “to design a superfast training computer and that’s how we started Project Dojo,” Tesla director Ganesh Venkataramanan said at the AI Day event. (Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Shri Navaratnam and Karishma Singh) --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. ---