Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that from next year in the company's factories will working humanoid robots that they will produce themselves. The entrepreneur wrote about it on the social network X.
He also expressed hope that by 2026 the humanoid robots will be available for sale to other companies. The robot, 1.7 meters tall and weighing 56 kg, is designed to perform repetitive, boring and dangerous work.
The robot's name is an allusion to Optimus Prime, the powerful and kind leader of the Autobots in the Transformers media franchise.