# Intro ## What is Optimus? We are the loyal followers of Elon Musk since 2015. At the moment that Elon uncover the future plans of Tesla, we knew this is the future. So we invested a large amount of our asset in Tesla stock, and guess what? Our belief made a juicy returns! **Tesla Bot**, also known as Optimus, is a conceptual general-purpose robotic humanoid under development by Tesla, Inc. It was announced at the company's Artificial Intelligence Day event on August 19, 2021. CEO Elon Musk claimed during the event that Tesla would likely build a prototype by 2022. ## --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://optimus-2.gitbook.io/optimus/intro.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.