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A Figure F.03 humanoid robot walked continuously on a treadmill for 9 days, completing 1.2 million steps and covering 348 miles (560 km), demonstrating notable hardware durability and locomotion reliability.
Brett Adcock, founder of Figure AI, shares his strong views on Chinese robot makers during an appearance on the My First Million YouTube podcast, highlighting the growing U.S.-China competition in humanoid robotics.
A tweet thread highlights five X accounts to follow for early signals in robotics research, noting they track developments around key projects like GR00T, Physical Intelligence, ALOHA, and LeRobot roughly six months ahead of the mainstream.
Figure AI announced the decommissioning of its F.02 humanoid robot fleet as it scales the F.03 fleet, training an AI model to let the robots autonomously jump into a molten steel furnace in Finland — an act promoted with Arnold Schwarzenegger — to protect proprietary hardware IP.
A viral video shows Figure testing its older-generation humanoid robots by having them jump off a cliff, prompting calls for a robotics judging panel to score the jumps.
Figure AI is decommissioning its F.02 humanoid robot fleet as it shifts focus to F.03 and F.04, and enlisted Arnold Schwarzenegger to help 'melt' the robots in a theatrical send-off. The company said F.02 powered its first BMW deployment, the Helix model, and its first logistics and household task deployments.
Figure.ai released a 4-hour video demonstrating their Helix 2.5 humanoid robot working in 30 new homes without any additional training, showcasing its generalization capabilities.
The post discusses the competitive landscape between Figure and Tesla's Optimus robot, questioning if Figure is ahead or if Tesla is withholding updates.
Figure announces an AI breakthrough and plans to showcase it tomorrow.
Figure.AI partners with Nscale to deploy up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs by 2027, with a $3.5 billion initial investment, to advance general-purpose humanoid robots for home use.
Figure.AI introduces Index, a global platform for crowdsourcing the largest humanoid robot dataset with 16 million videos, where users can contribute and earn money from everyday tasks.
Figure AI's CEO has launched a computer-using agent called Hark Handoff, which can automatically handle everyday tasks such as ordering food through a browser. The goal is to let users hand off tasks they don't want to deal with. The article showcases a demo scenario and notes this is the product's first research preview.
A tweet argues that real-world factory reliability, like handling a crooked bin of parts at 2 a.m., is the true robot benchmark. It notes Figure's previous robot helped build 30,000 BMWs, and its new robot is already back on the factory floor.
Figure.AI demonstrates its F.03 humanoid robot autonomously climbing a ladder, showcasing advanced mobility and autonomy capabilities.
Figure AI's humanoid robot production reached a new high in May, indicating increased manufacturing output.
Figure AI's F.03 humanoid robots, powered by Helix-02 neural network, autonomously sorted 249,560 packages over 200 hours without hardware failure, approaching human-level efficiency.
Figure AI announces that their humanoid robots have accumulated 200 hours of operation handling packages, a milestone in real-world deployment.
Figure AI's livestream of its humanoid robots autonomously handling packages for days went viral, demonstrating the company's Helix 02 system and sparking fan engagement with robot names and merchandise.
Figure AI is hosting a live human vs machine contest, showcasing its humanoid robots competing directly against humans.
Figure AI livestreamed their humanoid robots working a 30-hour shift in a San Jose lab, demonstrating autonomous resilience and sparking global interest in the potential of humanoid factory workers.