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A machine shaped around the human body raises a practical question: what work can a general-purpose humanoid robot learn to do? That is the problem Figure is developing robots to address.
Why Global58 noticed them
Figure connects learned robot control with measurable factory tasks, exposing both the promise of general-purpose humanoids and the evidence still needed to trust them.
The humanoid robot entering the factory floor.
Figure is building humanoids and the AI that moves them. Its BMW work offers a concrete test of an expansive idea: robots that can adapt to human workplaces rather than demand new ones.
