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Figure AI
An AI robotics company building general-purpose humanoid robots to take on physical labor, pairing advanced hardware with an in-house AI system meant to work alongside people in factories and homes.
Founded2022
HeadquartersSunnyvale, CA
IndustryRobotics / AI
Overview
Founders
Brett Adcock
Founded 2022
Landmark Achievements
- Built the Figure 01 and Figure 02 humanoid robots, then the home-focused Figure 03.
- Developed Helix, an in-house vision-language-action AI that lets the robot perceive and act in unstructured environments.
- Assembled a leading robotics-and-AI team and drew major commercial interest to bring humanoids out of the lab.
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