A new iteration of the Optimus robot was unveiled at Tesla's We, Robot event, where Elon Musk said it would eventually walk the dog.

Tesla’s Optimus bot isn’t new, but this is the first event where actual robots joined the stage—and the crowd—rather than a person in a robot costume. Or was it? Apparently, Tesla Optimus robots are not autonomous artificial intelligence (AI).

We may be on the brink of a new era where robots not only perform tasks but also become embedded in human society.