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Meet Figure 01, the 'commercially viable' humanoid robot

With a recent funding of $675 million at a $2.6 billion valuation from key investors including Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, OpenAI, and Microsoft, a new player has emerged in the race for artificial intelligence (AI) dominance: the American tech startup Figure AI. Their core product, Figure 01, is advertised to be a general-purpose, autonomous, and commercially viable humanoid robot that can help with a variety of tasks from daily chores to industrial labour. 

The robot takeover is greatly exaggerated

People in the technology industry, especially, should shift their focus away from the automation issue.

'I'm sorry, I can't do that' -- Robots learning to say 'no'

Researchers at Tufts University said they are developing mechanisms for robots to perform a previously unheard-of task: saying "no" to orders from humans, reports United Press International (UPI).

Japan hotel replaces human workers with robots

A hotel in Japan almost entirely run by robots opens its doors to the public.

April 16, 2024
April 16, 2024

Meet Figure 01, the 'commercially viable' humanoid robot

With a recent funding of $675 million at a $2.6 billion valuation from key investors including Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, OpenAI, and Microsoft, a new player has emerged in the race for artificial intelligence (AI) dominance: the American tech startup Figure AI. Their core product, Figure 01, is advertised to be a general-purpose, autonomous, and commercially viable humanoid robot that can help with a variety of tasks from daily chores to industrial labour. 

June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017

The robot takeover is greatly exaggerated

People in the technology industry, especially, should shift their focus away from the automation issue.

November 26, 2015
November 26, 2015

'I'm sorry, I can't do that' -- Robots learning to say 'no'

Researchers at Tufts University said they are developing mechanisms for robots to perform a previously unheard-of task: saying "no" to orders from humans, reports United Press International (UPI).

July 19, 2015
July 19, 2015

Japan hotel replaces human workers with robots

A hotel in Japan almost entirely run by robots opens its doors to the public.