Tesla shows latest robot prototype with opposable thumbs

This video screen grab made from Tesla AI Day 2022 livestream shows Elon Musk (left) presenting the humanoid robot in Palo Alto, California on Sept 30, 2022. — Handout/Tesla/AFP

Elon Musk showed off a prototype humanoid robot walking and waving its hand, seeking to demonstrate Tesla Inc’s advances in artificial intelligence.

At the electric automaker’s AI Day late on Sept 30, Musk also showed a video of the robot picking up boxes and moving through a rendered office building to water plants.