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California-based robotics outfit Figure has today announced its second-generation humanoid robot, which is initially being aimed at production lines in commercial settings, but the company is promising a bipedal butler in our homes in the near future.C… Continue reading Figure redesigns its humanoid robot from the ground up for slick new F.02
Nearly six months ago, Figure announced its gleaming silver humanoid robot had got its first job working at a BMW manufacturing plant. It’s been training up for the occasion, and new video shows how far this general-purpose worker has come.Continue Rea… Continue reading Video: Figure 01 humanoid trains for its first job assembling BMWs
Figure has demonstrated the first fruit of its collaboration with OpenAI to enhance the capabilities of humanoid robots. In a video released today, the Figure 01 bot is seen conversing in real-time.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Fi… Continue reading Video: GPT-enhanced humanoid speaks and reasons as it works
It seems the Figure 01 won’t just be making coffee when it shows up to work at BMW. New video shows the humanoid getting its shiny metal butt to work, doing exactly the sort of “pick this up and put it over there” tasks it’ll be doing in factories.Cont… Continue reading March of the humanoids: Figure shows off autonomous warehouse work
Figure has signed its first commercial deal, and is sending its general-purpose humanoid robots off to start real-world work at BMW’s manufacturing plant in South Carolina. Founder and CEO Brett Adcock talks us through this rubber-meets-road moment.Con… Continue reading Figure’s humanoid robots are about to enter the workforce at BMW
Figure’s Brett Adcock claimed a “ChatGPT moment” for humanoid robotics on the weekend. Now, we know what he means: the robot can now watch humans doing tasks, build its own understanding of how to do them, and start doing them entirely autonomously.Con… Continue reading Figure’s humanoid can now watch, learn and perform tasks autonomously
After just 12 months of development, Figure has released video footage of its humanoid robot walking – and it’s looking pretty sprightly compared to its commercial competition. It’s our first look at a prototype that should be doing useful work within … Continue reading Figure’s humanoid is already walking and performing autonomous tasks
Born April 6, 1986, Adcock was raised on a corn and soybean farm outside the tiny town of Moweaqua, Illinois. By the time he graduated valedictorian of his high school class at Central A&M, it was fairly clear he was cut out for business – he’d been wo… Continue reading High-tech entrepreneur Brett Adcock on Figure, Archer, and early success
Born April 6, 1986, Adcock was raised on a corn and soybean farm outside the tiny town of Moweaqua, Illinois. By the time he graduated valedictorian of his high school class at Central A&M, it was fairly clear he was cut out for business – he’d been wo… Continue reading High-tech entrepreneur Brett Adcock on Figure, Archer, and early success
After coming into nine-figure wealth from the sale of his first company Vettery, then founding eVTOL company Archer in 2018 and taking it public on the NYSE at a US$2.7 billion valuation, Adcock wanted a new and bigger challenge to chew on.Continue Rea… Continue reading Getting philosophical with future robot overlord Brett Adcock