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Figure AI details plan to improve humanoid robot safety in the workplace


Safety is often overlooked in the rush to bring humanoid robots to the workplace. As high-profile corporations ranging from retailers like Amazon to

As high-profile corporations ranging from retailers like Amazon to carmakers such as Mercedes and BMW have announced humanoid pilots for factories and warehouses, conversations around worker safety are regularly buried beneath industry hype. Figure AI announced Tuesday it is building a Center for the Advancement of Humanoid Safety, an in-house division wholly focused on the topic. Their big, metal bodies — ranging freely inside factories and warehouses — have the potential to cause injuries by colliding with their softer, fleshier colleagues.

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