Tesla AI Day Reveals Humanoid Robot and Custom AI Chips
Tesla hosts its AI Day event to showcase advanced artificial intelligence projects and recruit top engineering talent, highlighting a surprising new humanoid robot and custom silicon.
Elon Musk hosts Tesla AI Day to rebrand the company as a leader in deep artificial intelligence, moving far beyond its identity as a mere electric vehicle manufacturer. The event serves primarily as a recruitment drive to attract top engineering talent to help Tesla achieve full vehicle autonomy and explore new technological frontiers.
The most surprising announcement from the event is the Tesla Bot, a 5'8" humanoid robot designed to eliminate dangerous and repetitive human tasks like grocery shopping. Musk promises the friendly machine navigates a world built for humans and operates at a physical level that allows humans to easily outrun or overpower it if necessary.
In addition to the humanoid robot, Tesla engineers present highly technical details about the company's custom computer vision systems, in-house Tesla chips, and the massive Dojo supercomputer. All of these underlying hardware and software innovations power Tesla's self-driving technology while laying the groundwork for future AI applications outside the automotive industry.