Humanoids
Figure tested its robot in 30 Bay Area homes it had never seen. Figure says its best AI version succeeded on 56% of tries.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“Then we took the robot into 30 Bay Area homes with zero data collected in any of them.”
What it means
Figure 03, from Figure AI, is at stage 3 of 5 on our ladder: pilot. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Figure 03
- Figure retired most of its older Figure 02 robots as its Figure 03 fleet grew.
- BMW started a Figure 03 project at Spartanburg, where the robot picks and sorts parts for the assembly line.
- Figure announced a commercial agreement with Catalyst Brands, owner of JCPenney, starting at its Reno, Nevada distribution center. No robot count was given.
- Figure said its BotQ factory had delivered over 350 Figure 03 robots. It said these went to its own research and development teams.
- A former Figure robot safety engineer sued the company in federal court in California. He says he was fired after warning the robots were strong enough to fracture a human skull. Figure says he was let go for poor performance.
- BMW confirmed that the earlier model, Figure 02, helped build more than 30,000 BMW X3 cars over 10 months at its Spartanburg plant, placing sheet-metal parts for welding.