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{{Infobox company
| name = Figure AI, Inc.
| logo = Figure-ai-logo.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| image =
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry = [[Information technology]]<br />[[Robotics]]<br />[[Artificial intelligence]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|2022}}
| founders = [[Brett Adcock]]
| hq_location = [[Sunnyvale, California]], U.S.
| products = Figure 01<br>Figure 02
| num_employees = 180
| website = {{URL|https://www.figure.ai}}
}}

'''Figure AI, Inc.''' is a United States-based robotics company specializing in the development of [[Artificial intelligence|AI]]-powered [[humanoid robot]]s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Annie |date=2024-02-29 |title=Humanoid robot startup Figure AI valued at $2.6 billion as Bezos, OpenAI, Nvidia join funding |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/29/robot-startup-figure-valued-at-2point6-billion-by-bezos-amazon-nvidia.html |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> It was founded in 2022, by [[Brett Adcock]], the founder of [[Archer Aviation]] and [[Vettery]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kingson |first=Jennifer A. |date=Mar 17, 2023 |title=Humanoid robots are coming |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/03/17/robots-humanoid-figure-tesla-robotics-ai |website=Axios}}</ref> Figure AI's team is composed of experts from robotics, artificial intelligence, sensing, perception, and navigation, blending experiences from notable companies like [[Boston Dynamics]] and [[Tesla, Inc.|Tesla]].<ref name=":1" />

==History==
In 2022, the company introduced its prototype, Figure 01, a [[Humanoid robot|bipedal robot]] designed for manual labor, initially targeting the [[logistics]] and [[Warehouse|warehousing]] sectors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berg |first=Nate |date=February 3, 2023 |title=The race to build AI-powered humanoids is heating up |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90859010/the-race-to-build-ai-powered-humanoids-is-heating-up |website=Fast Company}}</ref>

In May 2023 the company raised $70 million from investors led by Parkway Venture Capital.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hu |first=Krystal |date=May 24, 2023 |title=AI startup Figure raises $70 million to build humanoid robots |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/ai-startup-figure-raises-70-million-build-humanoid-robots-2023-05-24/ |website=Reuters}}</ref>

On January 18 2024 Figure announced a partnership with [[BMW]] to deploy humanoid robots in automotive manufacturing facilities.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Figure announces commercial agreement with BMW Manufacturing to bring general purpose robots into automotive production |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/figure-announces-commercial-agreement-with-bmw-manufacturing-to-bring-general-purpose-robots-into-automotive-production-302036263.html |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}</ref>

In February 2024, Figure AI secured $675 million in venture capital funding from a consortium that includes [[Jeff Bezos]], [[Microsoft]], [[Nvidia]], [[Intel]], and the startup-funding divisions of [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] and OpenAI.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Jaspreet |date=February 24, 2024 |title=Bezos, Nvidia join OpenAI in funding humanoid robot startup, Bloomberg reports |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/bezos-nvidia-join-openai-funding-humanoid-robot-startup-bloomberg-reports-2024-02-23/ |website=Reuters}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Matt |date=March 3, 2024 |title=Humanoid robot-maker Figure gets funding from OpenAI, Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, and other tech giants |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91045135/figure-ai-humanoid-robots-openai-jeff-bezos-nvidia-intel-funding |website=Fast Company}}</ref> The funding valued the company at $2.6 billion.<ref name=":0" /> It also announced a partnership with [[OpenAI]]. The collaboration includes OpenAI building specialized AI models for Figure's humanoid robots, allowing them to accelerate Figure's development timeline by enabling its robots to "process and reason from language".<ref name=":2" />

In 2025 Figure ended its collaboration with OpenAI. In February it announced Helix, the next generation of its humanoid robot.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Salas |first=Joe |date=2025-02-21 |title=Figure's humanoids start doing tasks they weren't trained for |url=https://newatlas.com/robotics/helix-vla-figure-02-robot/?utm_source=New+Atlas+Subscribers&utm_campaign=86b166c1e6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_02_24_02_56&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-86b166c1e6-90065621 |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=New Atlas |language=en-US}}</ref>

On March 15 2025, Figure AI Introduces BOTQ - A High Volume Manufacturing Facility for humanoid Robots. According to Figure AI, BOTQ is a manufacturing line aiming to produce 12,000 humanoids per year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-15 |title=BotQ: A High-Volume Manufacturing Facility for Humanoid Robots |url=https://www.figure.ai/news/botq |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=FigureAI |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McFadden |first=Christopher |title=BotQ: Figure unveils humanoid factory where robots will build robots |url=https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/figure-botq-factory-robots-build-robots |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=Interesting Engineering |language=en}}</ref>

== Products ==

=== Figure 02 ===
On August 6, 2024, Figure AI unveiled the next generation of its [[humanoid robot]], named Figure 02. Described by the company as the next step deploying humanoids for industrial use. Figure 02 features a sleeker and slimmer design compared to its predecessor, with integrated cabling in its limbs. The battery capacity has increased by 50% over the previous generation. Additionally, the robot is equipped with 6 RGB cameras paired with an onboard vision language model. Powered by [[NVIDIA]] RTX GPU-based modules, its [[Inference engine|inference]] capabilities provide 3x of the computing power of the previous model.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Scott |date=2024-08-08 |title=Figure Unveils Next-Gen Conversational Humanoid Robot With 3x AI Computing for Fully Autonomous Tasks |url=https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/figure-humanoid-robot-autonomous/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=NVIDIA Blog |language=en-US}}</ref> It is also equipped with microphones and speakers combined with a custom AI model, developed with OpenAI, to facilitate conversational capabilities with humans. The redesigned five-fingred robotic hands have 16 degrees of freedom (DoF) and the ability to carry objects up to 25kg. Figure 02 robots are currently deployed to a [[BMW]] plant in South Carolina for testing and to collect training data for AI models. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Heater |first=Brian |date=2024-09-12 |title=Face to face with Figure's new humanoid robot |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/12/face-to-face-with-figures-new-humanoid-robot/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Oitzman |first=Mike |date=2024-08-06 |title=Figure 02 humanoid robot is ready to get to work |url=https://www.therobotreport.com/figure-02-humanoid-robot-is-ready-to-get-to-work/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=The Robot Report |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Helix ===
Helix is an evolved version of Figure 02 that comes with 35 degrees of freedom, including human-like wrists, hands, and fingers. It features Helix VLA, a generalist vision-language-action neural network that can control two robots at once. The system can observe its surroundings, respond to natural language commands, interact with the real world without the extended training required by prior generations. Helix can control two robots simultaneously and direct them to collaborative with each other. Each robot has two GPUs. System 2 handles high-level planning at 7-9 Hz (operations per second) while System 1 provides low-level control at 200 Hz). System 2 plans tasks, while System 1 carries them out. Figure claims that its robots can pick up nearly any small household object even those it hasn't seen before.<ref name=":3" />

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