Jun 22, 2022 4:10 pm Getty Image / PATRICK PLEUL / Contributor Audio By Carbonatix Elon Musk teased that Tesla will soon unveil a functioning humanoid robot sooner than expected. The robot – named the Tesla Optimus – is expected to be revealed at Tesla AI Day #2. During an interview with Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait at the Qatar Economic Forum, Musk revealed that a working Tesla bot is on target to be unveiled at Tesla AI Day #2 on September 30. “Well, I hope that we will have an interesting prototype to show people,” Musk said. “We have a very talented team at Tesla that I’m working with closely to have a prototype humanoid robot ready by the end of September. And I think we are tracking to that point.” Musk noted that Tesla is evolving from an electric car manufacturer to a “real-world AI company.” “And there’ll be a few other exciting things that we talk about at the Tesla AI Day,” he said. “We have these sort of AI Day events to just emphasize that Tesla is a lot more than a car company and that we are, in my view, the leading real-world AI company that exists.” Tesla set to unveil human sized fully functional robot on Tesla AI Day, September 30th 2022. "Tesla is lot more than a car company & is the leading real world AI company that exists " – @elonmusk @teslaownersSV pic.twitter.com/FLimC24XeB