Tesla isn’t the first car company to experiment with humanoid robots.

Tesla just shocked everyone with its Optimus robot prototype

An early prototype of Tesla Inc.’s proposed Optimus humanoid robot slowly and awkwardly walked onto a stage, turned, and waved to a cheering crowd at the company’s artificial intelligence event Friday

Tesla's goal, he said, is to make an “extremely capable” robot in high volumes — possibly millions of them — at a cost that could be less than a car, that he guessed would be less than $20,000.

Tesla robot walks, waves, but doesn't show off complex tasks