Can you beat or outrun Tesla's new robot if something goes wrong? Tesla Bot specifications based on the same technology as the Model 3 and Model S.

Tesla Bot will be 172 cm tall and will be able to lift almost 70 kg.

Don't panic, you should be able to take on or at least outrun Tesla's first robot if something goes wrong, company boss Elon Musk assured the world this week, but you, if you're traditional, it might be after your work. .

The announcement of the Tesla Bot comes at the conclusion of an AI Day event hosted by the automaker in the United States on Thursday, which showcased new technologies that will be brought to the all-electric brand.

The audience was introduced to a slender, faceless, black and white humanoid robot with surprisingly good dance moves, but Musk said it wasn't real (it was an actor in a suit), and the real prototype would be very real and would look exactly the same when it showed up. in 2022.

Musk said Tesla's advances in autonomous driving, navigation, neural networks, sensors, batteries and cameras mean the robot is a natural evolution of its cars.

“Tesla is arguably the biggest robot company in the world because our cars are like semi-intelligent robots on wheels. It makes sense to present it in humanoid form,” Musk said. 

With a height of 172 cm and a weight of 57 kg, the Tesla Bot will be able to lift 68 kg and carry 20 kg. It's not a small or weak robot, but Musk assured the participants that it will be designed to be friendly, and if things go wrong, you can beat it or outrun it...maybe.

"Of course, it's designed to be friendly, navigate the world for people, and eliminate both dangerous and boring repetitive tasks," Musk said.

“We are setting it up on a mechanical and physical level so that you can run away from it and most likely defeat it. I hope this never happens, but who knows. ”

A humanoid robot in black and white is currently unrealistic.

Musk says the Telsa Bot will be able to travel at five miles per hour (8 km/h).

“If you can run faster, everything will be fine,” he said.

The Tesla Bot will have a screen instead of a face, and it will run a version of the Autopilot autonomous driving system that is used in the company's cars.

"It has eight cameras, a full-sized driver's computer and all the same tools as in the car."

The biggest challenge, according to Musk, is ensuring that the robot is intelligent and autonomous enough to follow general instructions and complete tasks. 

“What I think is really hard about having a useful humanoid robot is can it move around the world without special training? Without explicit line-by-line instructions? Musk said.  

"Can you talk to him and say, 'Please take this bolt and attach it to the car with this wrench.' It should be able to do so. And "please go to the store and buy me the following products." Something like that. I think we can do it."

Tesla Bot will have a screen instead of a face.

Musk went even further and suggested that if robots like him were to become widespread, the implications for the human workforce and the economy could be enormous, even requiring everyone's income to support people who could be out of work. 

“This, I think, will be quite profound, because if the economy is based on labor, what happens when there is no shortage of labor? That's why I think a universal basic income will be needed in the long run... but not now because this robot is not working - we need a minute.

“Essentially, physical work will be an option in the future, but you won’t have to do it, and I think it has serious implications for the economy.”

Tesla is not the first automaker to venture into robotics. Most recently, Hyundai Motor Group bought Boston Dynamics, the company that makes Spot, an autonomous robotic guard dog, and Atlas, a humanoid robot with amazing parkour skills. 

As for when you can buy a Hyundai Bot or Tesla Bot, you can trust this robot-obsessed writer to keep you informed.