Elon Musk’s humanoid robots could develop personalities and be your friend, billionaire reveals

ELON MUSK has big plans for his humanoid robots and that could even include companionship and unique personalities.

The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO revealed more about his plans for the Tesla Bot on a podcast.

The Tesla Bot could be your friend

Musk told the Lex Fridman podcast that his Tesla Bots could one day be companions as well as workers.

He said: “It could develop a personality over time that is unique. It’s not like all the robots are the same.

“That personality could evolve to match the owner, or whatever you want to call it.”

Musk also explained that the first focus for his humanoid robots is to do jobs that humans don’t want to do.

He said they could be used for “repetitive and boring work” that may result in human injury.

The Telsa boss said that a subtly imperfect robot could actually make “the perfect buddy”.

He was reluctant to refer to humans who would be in charge of the robots as “owners” and said it felt wrong to say that.

Fridman, the podcast host, is a scientist who studies human-robot interactions.

He agreed that Musk’s bots could combat loneliness.

Earlier this year, Musk revealed he was working on a Tesla robot that looks like a human – and will perform “boring or dangerous tasks”.

The lifelike droid will stand 5ft 8in tall, and weigh in at a terrifyingly realistic 125lbs.

Musk revealed plans to build the Tesla Bot – nicknamed Optimus – next year.

A screen will appear in place of a face, with the droid being controlled by an artificial intelligence system.

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