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“So, we think we'll probably have a prototype [of the Tesla Bot humanoid robot] sometime next year.”
Said Aug 19, 2021Deadline Dec 31, 2022Tesla AI Day, August 19, 2021 (IEEE Spectrum, 'Elon Musk Has No Idea What He's Doing With Tesla Bot')
Tesla showed semi-functional Optimus prototypes at AI Day on September 30, 2022 — one walked unassisted on stage — meeting the 'prototype sometime next year' timeline, albeit far short of the concept presented in 2021.