Get the latest tech news

Figure will start ‘alpha testing’ its humanoid robot in the home in 2025


Figure is planning to bring its humanoids into the home sooner than expected. CEO Brett Adcock confirmed on Thursday that the Bay Area robotics startup

Earlier this month, Figure revealed that it was breaking off its highly publicized partnership with OpenAI in favor of its own proprietary AI models like Helix. On a recent trip to the company’s South Bay offices, Adcock showed TechCrunch some very early home testing in a lab setting. Last week’s Helix announcement shed more light on those plans, with videos of robots performing various household tasks, including food preparation.

Get the Android app

Or read this on TechCrunch

Read more on:

Photo of Home

Home

Photo of Figure

Figure

Photo of humanoid robot

humanoid robot

Related news:

News photo

Gene Hackman and pianist wife Betsy Arakawa found dead at home with their dog

News photo

Supreme Court rejects ISPs again in latest bid to kill NY’s $15 broadband law | Supreme Court not swayed by AT&T pulling home Internet service out of New York.

News photo

Prompt AI’s Seemour launches visual intelligence platform for the home