Launch Figure AI Figure AI is going public despite minimal revenue and massive losses, betting the market will fund its humanoid robot development long enough to matter. The first humanoid robot company is going public with $1.8 million in revenue and a $138.1 million loss · TechSpot
Launch Figure AI Figure AI's humanoid robot completed a 348-mile walk in nine days, a demonstration of extended autonomous endurance. Figure AI’s Humanoid Robot Walks 348 Miles in Just 9 Days · TechRepublic
Launch Figure AI Figure AI has released a crowdsourced tool to train its humanoid robots, letting outside contributors help teach machines physical tasks. Humanoid Robot Company Figure Reveals Crowdsourced Robot Training Tool · ARC Advisory
Launch Figure AI Figure AI's Figure 03 humanoid robot demonstrated autonomous ladder climbing, expanding the machine's repertoire beyond ground-level tasks. Figure 03 Humanoid Robot Climbs Ladder Autonomously in New Demo · TechRepublic
Launch Figure AI · AMD — Eric Trump Figure AI, backed by Eric Trump, is securing AMD chips for its humanoid robots and pivoting toward military applications. This Eric Trump-Backed Startup Just Got AMD's Chips for Its Humanoid Robots— Now It's Building Military V · Benzinga
Funding Asteria · Figure AI · BMW Asteria backs Figure AI with a $1 million investment as the roboticist ramps up manufacturing partnerships with BMW. Asteria invests $1 million in Figure AI, BMW robot supplier · International Business Times
Research TrendForce · AheadForm · Noetix Robotics · UBTECH As humanoid robots move from lab to factory, China pursues scale while the US bets everything on AI smarts to differentiate. Humanoid Robots Part 1: The US-China Divide and Who Controls the Supply Chain · TrendForce
Opinion Figure AI · Sunday Robotics · Weave Robotics · 1X — Ayanna Howard, Tony Zhao, Kaan Dogrusoz Silicon Valley's billion-dollar robotics startups are betting laundry folding is the gateway task to get humanoid robots into American homes. Why billion-dollar robotics startups are obsessed with folding laundry · Business Insider
Opinion Fourier · AgiBot · LimX Dynamics · Pudu Robotics A LexisNexis patent analysis finds Chinese companies dominating humanoid robotics innovation with six of the top ten spots, though American firms produce higher-quality patents. China holds six of top 10 humanoid robot spots; US leads in quality · Interesting Engineering
Other Figure AI A former safety engineer at Figure AI claims the company's home robot Figure 01 possesses enough force to cause serious injury, raising questions about physical AI safety protocols. Figure AI's former safety engineer says its home robot can fracture a skull · Startup Fortune
Other Figure AI Figure AI has decommissioned its F.02 humanoid robots, abandoning the hardware platform after pivoting to focus on software and next-generation systems. Hasta la vista, baby – Figure F.02 humanoid robots decommissioned, T2-style · Electrek
Other Figure AI · Lucid Figure AI hires Lucid's head of global logistics as the humanoid robot company builds out its operational infrastructure. Lucid’s Head of Global Logistics Leaves for Humanoid Robot Maker Figure · eletric-vehicles.com
Other Federal Communications Commission · Unitree · AGIBOT · Tesla — Brendan Carr, Xi Jinping, Donald Trump The FCC banned imports of foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, a move targeting China's dominance in a market it controls at eighty-five percent. U.S. bans foreign-made humanoid robots, targeting China over national security · PBS