Elon Musk unveils plan for 'Tesla Bot' with man dancing in a bodysuit

Musk said he would probably launch a humanoid robot prototype next year, which is designed to do 'boring, repetitious and dangerous' work.

The billionaire chief executive of Tesla said the robot, which would be about 5ft 8in (1.7 metres) tall and weigh 56kg, would be able to handle tasks such as attaching bolts to cars with a spanner or picking up groceries at shops.

Musk was speaking at Tesla's AI Day event, but gave no indication of having made concrete progress on actually building such a machine. At the point when a normal tech launch might feature a demonstration of a prototype model, Musk instead brought out an actor in a bodysuit, who proceeded to breakdance to a soundtrack of electronic dance music

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[saxophones]

"Oh so you're the new intern, go wear this and dance in front of everyone"
- Elon musk

[xadcat]

Boston Dynamic: We have real robots.
Tesla: We have a guy in suit.

[fletch]

I don't understand how anyone can take this seriously. This is literally a human in spandex

[josephgardi]

musk's team: i don't think we'll make the deadline
musk: this sounds like a problem that can be solved with the power of dance

[grittychops]

The self driving car that needs a HUMAN, The AI Robot that is actually a HUMAN….wow it must be 2021.

[ogungou]

Well, that sums up all Elon Musk genius.

[spraymie]

At least Daft Punk are still getting a gig

[komentierer]

Knowing Elon's "creative" approach to product planning, I bet 20 bucks that "Tesla Bot" will be a smartspeaker glued to a roomba. And it'll still be years behind schedule.

[JackindaSack]

Elon musk can't afford to license bangarang for the presentation and he expects us to believe he can afford any robots

[weskal]

The scariest thing is where the recharge socket is going to be.

[Janiix]

This is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time- I’m dying 😂

[riotbo]

Looks like we’re gonna change April fools to August

[FortoFight]

People are still gonna be hyped even though literally no technology has actually been demonstrated.

[mikec]

Elon: I want that guy who was dancing in the suit earlier FIRED!

AI Day Coordinator: But Elon, he was just a volunteer

[robbieryckier]

that's Grimes in there, isn't it?

[jimmyzhao]

So cringy, why isn't Musk embarrassed at this ?

[pirategcko]

Elon fans: "masterful gambit, sir!"

[Homiloko]

Wow, Musk must be the smartest genius in the history of humanity. How come we aren't tossing more money at him?

[krealyesitisbeta]

Elon musk’s last minute project submission 😂😂😂

[Chiefpigloo]

This really shouldve been the moment people stopped taking musk seriously