Humans Are Fighting Robots. Figure Is Melting Them. Has Robotics Gone Too Far?
Sixty-three years ago, The Twilight Zone imagined a future in which humanoid robots replace human boxers. Desperate for money, an …
Figure AI
Figure AI is an American robotics startup building general-purpose humanoid robots powered by AI to serve in homes, logistics, and manufacturing.
Humanoid Robot Mega Factories Are Starting to Come Online
We’re entering the era of humanoid robot mega factories.
Can 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs Make Robots Think Like Humans?
Figure AI is planning an unprecedented datacenter buildout that could bring frontier AI supercomputer scale to humanoid robotics for the first time.
The Great American Physical AI Gold Rush
America’s physical AI gold rush is exploding. Investors are shifting billions away from LLMs and into next-gen robotics, just as the US government gears up aggressive measures to close the gap on China’s breakneck push.
Figure AI Threatened to Sue Over a Story BMW Now Appears to Support
BMW’s announcement about expanding its partnership with Figure AI confirms the substance of a 2025 Fortune article that Figure founder Brett Adcock threatened to sue over.
America’s Humanoid Robot Race Is Becoming a Battle of Bragging Rights
As the race toward general-purpose robotics heats up, the West’s most well-funded humanoid companies are flexing different strengths.
Figure AI Channels I, Robot as It Ramps Humanoid Production
The humanoid robot maker Figure AI says it’s building one robot per hour amid reports the Silicon Valley startup is about to close a major deal with UPS.
Figure AI Investors Claim UPS Ready to Place Massive Humanoid Robot Order
UPS reportedly wants to buy tens of thousands of humanoid robots from Figure AI to work in its logistics facilities.
US Humanoids Stuck in Promise Mode as Reality Lags Hype
Two of the leading US humanoid robot companies are stalling in plain sight.
The Obsession with Faster Robots Is Getting Out of Control
In the past two years, the fastest humanoid robots have more than tripled their speed. Now the focus is shifting to endurance as more than humanlike machines are put through the ringer for the second annual Beijing Humanoid Robot Half Marathon.
The Race to Build Superhuman Robot Hands is Getting Crazy
In the race to automate everything, an eclectic array of end effectors is hitting the market. They’re coming close to matching the capabilities of human hands and, at times, even exceeding them.