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Everything We Discovered About Tesla Bot and Dojo Before Tesla AI Day 2022

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Tesla's artificial intelligence team showcased the advancements made in the field of autonomous robot and vehicle research on Friday evening at the company's second annual AI Day.

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The Optimus robot pacing around the stage, improvements on the self-driving software, and a first look at the Dojo hardware powering Tesla's artificial intelligence research were all on display at Tesla AI Day 2022.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk postponed the presentation until September so that the Optimus prototype could be put into use. In a tweet on Thursday, Musk

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This event will be very technical because it is intended to draw AI and robotics professionals. In keeping with Musk's description of the Tesla Bot as "kind," Tesla published an animation showing mechanical hands giving the human heart symbol.

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The final version of Optimus, which was depicted in concept drawings during last year's AI Day, is still a ways off, but a working model has been unveiled.

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It weighed 73 kg, had a 2.3 kWh battery inside its servo-exposed frame, and used third-party actuators to walk and wave on its own.

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Shortly after unveiling Optimus and really while he was backstage as his team finished the Tesla presentation, Musk tweeted, "Naturally, there will be a catgirl version of our Optimus robot."