In a recent podcast appearance, Figure founder Brett Adcock pushed back against humanoid hype, arguing that the true bottleneck is onboard intelligence, not hardware manufacturing, and claiming early customers are already seeing a real-world return on investment.
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DeepMind’s latest robotics framework debuts three new models, expanding vision-language-action capabilities from isolated tabletop manipulation to full-body humanoid control, high-DoF tactile dexterity, and multi-agent coordination.
The U.S. government has officially banned the importation of new foreign-produced advanced robotic devices, including humanoids and quadrupeds, setting up a geopolitical clash over the physical AI supply chain.
Six months after exiting stealth, Italian deep-tech startup Generative Bionics has revealed a fully functional GENE.01 platform backed by Nature-published research, open-source models, and automotive manufacturing talent.
Figure CEO Brett Adcock announces the production of the 1,000th Figure 03 robot at the company’s BotQ facility, celebrating the milestone with a C-3PO-inspired golden humanoid.
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