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Is figure a humanoid robot?

Figure is very much a product of its time. It’s a young company, having only launched in 2022. It did so, however, with the ambitious goal of creating a walking bipedal robot in a year’s time. The company told TechCrunch that it hit that date. We didn’t see walking video at the time, but it has since surfaced. Humanoid robots are having a moment.

Is figure a homage to a humanoid robot?

I used to think “Figure” was a reference to the robot’s humanoid design and perhaps an homage to a startup that’s figuring things out. Now it seems it’s a reference to the astronomical funding figure it’s raised thus far. Figure is very much a product of its time. It’s a young company, having only launched in 2022.

What is the world's first humanoid robot?

is here! Today, a robotics startup called Figure is unveiling “the world’s first commercially viable general purpose humanoid robot,” called Figure 01.

Is figure working on a general-purpose humanoid robot?

Extra slim! Extra shiny! When Figure announced earlier this year that it was working on a general-purpose humanoid robot, our excitement was tempered somewhat by the fact that the company didn’t have much to show besides renderings of the robot that it hoped to eventually build.

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