Humanoid ‘Tesla Bot’ likely to launch next year, says Elon Musk

Billionaire Tesla chief gives no indication of any progress in actually building such a machine

Elon Musk said he would probably launch a humanoid robot prototype next year dubbed the Tesla Bot", which is designed to do boring, repetitious and dangerous" work.

The billionaire chief executive of the electric carmaker Tesla said the robot, which would be about 5ft 8in (1.7m) tall and weigh 125 pounds (56kg), would be able to handle tasks such as attaching bolts to cars with a spanner or picking up groceries at stores.