Tesla’s self-anointed Technoking, Elon Musk, has found a fix for the boring and dangerous tasks humans like to avoid. Musk’s solution — a humanoid robot.

Dubbed as the “Tesla Bot”, the company’s CEO introduced the prototype at Tesla’s AI Day event on Thursday.

The event, which also unveiled chips designed for Tesla’s high-speed computer, peaked when Musk brought out a dancer in a spandex suit.

The dancer in the suit, Musk said, was the model for a new humanoid robot Tesla will produce in the near future. 

Designed to “eliminate dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks,” the robot would be about 5ft 8in (1.7m) tall and weigh 125 pounds (56kg).

The Tesla Bot would be able to handle tasks such as attaching bolts to cars with a spanner or picking up groceries at stores.

The Billionaire Tesla chief described it as an extension of Tesla’s work on self-driving cars, and the robot would use the same computer chip and navigation system with eight cameras.

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Musk gave no indication of having made concrete progress on actually building such a machine, but said he would have an initial prototype of an androgynous ‘Tesla Bot’ by next year.

The announcement stole the show, attracting headlines across news media but Musk’s loyal fanbase and his critics are much familiar with his clever publicity tactics.

This came at a time when Tesla’s driver-assistance system has been under scrutiny for issues related to safety.

Companies on the cutting edge of robotics, such as former Google subsidiary Boston Dynamics, have produced bipedal robots. But the clunky, heavy machines they have demonstrated bear little resemblance to the svelte designs Musk claimed Tesla could build.

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In addition to the Tesla Bot, the company also unveiled chips it designed for its high-speed computer, Dojo.

Dojo will help develop Tesla’s automated driving system. It is another product Musk sees being operational next year.