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OpenAI powers a robot that can hand people food, pick up trash, put away dishes, and more

Figure's demo video appears to be a significant leap forward in humanoid, general purpose robotics interactions.

Today, Figure, a robotics startup valued at $2.6 billion, founded less than two years ago by former workers at Boston Dynamics, Tesla, Google DeepMind, and Archer Aviation, showed off its first collaboration with new investor and partner OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, and it is undeniably impressive. Yet Adcock has openly stated, including his X thread today, that “Our goal is to train a world model to operate humanoid robots at the billion-unit level.” Yet Adcock goes on to say “Our company journey will take decades — and require a championship team dedicated to the mission, billions of dollars invested, and engineering innovation in order to achieve a mass-market impact.

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