Elon Musk says to expect roughly 1 billion humanoid robots in 2040s

Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla, agrees with a tech leader’s prediction that there will be about 1 billion humanoid robots on Earth by the 2040s and a hundred billion robots throughout the solar system by the 2060s. This prediction is contingent on the stability of civilization’s foundations.

Musk revealed Tesla’s humanoid robot prototype, Optimus, also known as Tesla Bot, at an event in October 2022. He envisions the robot to have a $20,000 price tag per unit and hopes to mass-produce millions of them in the future, despite acknowledging that the prototype was limited in capabilities at the time of unveiling.

While the development of humanoid robots may not align directly with Tesla’s mission of accelerating sustainable energy, Musk believes this innovation broadens the company’s mission to making the future awesome.