[ExI] Figure 03 robot has been announced

[BillK]

On Thu, 9 Oct 2025 at 20:51, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
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> That is seriously cool! It's so cool I had assumed that Figure AI, the company that makes it, must be Chinese, but when I investigated I discovered with pleasure that it is not, instead Figure AI is headquartered in San Jose California and is as American as motherhood, apple pie and high technology.
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> John K Clark
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Time magazine has an article with more info.
Including a visit to the factory.
BillK

<https://time.com/7324233/figure-03-robot-humanoid-reveal/>
Quote:
Oct 9, 2025        The Robot in Your Kitchen
by Billy Perrigo / San Jose, Calif.

Although the Figure 03 will not be ready for home use upon its
release, one thing is clear. The billions of dollars pouring into the
robotics industry are making humanoid robots rapidly better—and are
probably bringing forward the day that they begin to enter the home
and the workforce en masse. Even if this day remains many years away,
it will be the harbinger of a societal shock greater than any in
living memory.
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