The robots are coming, and Elon Musk wants to usher in their arrival. 

The Tesla CEO revealed the Tesla Bot this week during an event devoted to advances in artificial intelligence. Described as “the next generation of automation” on the Tesla website, the humanoid robot is “capable of performing tasks that are unsafe, repetitive or boring.”

That makes sense as there are many jobs needing done but humans don’t want to do, Musk says. “What is the economy? At the foundation it is labor,” he said during the event. “So, what happens when there is no shortage of labor?”

Musk hopes to have a prototype ready for release next year. He also noted that the robot, which is 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 125 pounds, would not be physically threatening. “At a mechanical level, at a physical level, you can run away from it – and most likely overpower it,” Musk said to laughter during the presentation.

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A more well-known robot made an appearance this week, too: the Boston Dynamics humanoid Atlas, which has been shown in previous YouTube videos that it can jog, jump and dance, along with the company’s robotic dog.

Now Atlas is capable of doing parkour and gymnastics, the company detailed in a new video and blog post from the company.

The Atlas robot is shown moving through obstacles – jumping and running along uneven platforms and a balanced beam. Then, two robots spin and do two flips, synchronized and mirroring the other.

The robotics company previously has shown how its robot dogs can go down stairs and open doors