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Figure CEO Says No Teleoperation in Their Humanoid Robot Testing

Figure, a robotics company developing humanoid robots that operate via AI, is running a livestream of one of its robots sorting packages in real time to show off its capabilities. The livestream was watched by millions across YouTube and X, but drew some skepticism. Figure CEO Brett Adcock joins Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow…

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  1. @dreadinajeep

    May 15, 2026 at 5:58 pm

    The progress here has been amazing.Glad to have this US company doing great things.I think they are on the cusp of scaling this.

  2. @Dan-h7d2s

    May 15, 2026 at 6:12 pm

    I think Tesla teleoperates their robots.

  3. @AgentSmith2K

    May 15, 2026 at 6:16 pm

    Error rate is about 2%. We see them throw or knock parcels off the belt, not correctly have the box barcode underneath, not checking parcels to make sure it’s not moving an obscured parcel

  4. @kingshark7596

    May 15, 2026 at 6:23 pm

    Brett Addock is brilliant. Keep up the good work!

  5. @howlinhauler

    May 15, 2026 at 6:28 pm

    Yep, he said “like I robot” , this guy is totally trolling.

    • @howlinhauler

      May 15, 2026 at 8:38 pm

      ​@Laura-e5ui found that video today and thought it was great but weird for a ceo to compare their bots to I-Robot 😮

    • @Laura-e5u

      May 15, 2026 at 8:39 pm

      They have a video on their channel showing off their robots, and at the end of the video, all the robots are lined up, but you see one rogue robot peak over, like in the movie

  6. @Stackablekey

    May 15, 2026 at 7:02 pm

    Why do you need a humanoid robots to push that thing? lol

  7. @raydosson2025

    May 15, 2026 at 7:04 pm

    the copers, doubters, and haters are in for a RUDE awakening lol

  8. @HoldMyBeerFam

    May 15, 2026 at 7:12 pm

    Freaking dope

  9. @Dafastso

    May 15, 2026 at 7:28 pm

    the idear

  10. @Dafastso

    May 15, 2026 at 7:29 pm

    flippy doesnt get tired, flippy doesnt get sick, flippy doesnt call in to work

  11. @Dafastso

    May 15, 2026 at 7:53 pm

    didnt all of the robots in i robot go haywire

    • @Derpy1969

      May 15, 2026 at 8:49 pm

      Murder mode.

  12. @Marcus_Wulfhart

    May 15, 2026 at 7:57 pm

    That thing looks absolutly terrible…

  13. @TEHLTs

    May 15, 2026 at 8:21 pm

    brett looks so tired, he should give it a break.

  14. @r0c0ffeebabe

    May 15, 2026 at 8:24 pm

    Using a laser weapon to make a peice of toast essentially. Me when I cook my breakfast with a nuclear reactor. My flying at 1.5 Mach for 0.25 mile in the x-59.

  15. @forretresss

    May 15, 2026 at 8:38 pm

    Figure > Tesla

    • @rokrok27

      May 15, 2026 at 8:50 pm

      No

  16. @Derpy1969

    May 15, 2026 at 8:48 pm

    I want to see the robot wrap chocolates and slowly speed up the line to the maximum.

  17. @Eric-rs1zu

    May 15, 2026 at 8:55 pm

    Only take smoke break when short circuit

  18. @wm6746

    May 15, 2026 at 8:57 pm

    TESLA fanboy Ed is upset that it’s not OPTIMUS…. Don’t cry Ed.

  19. @arielcatli2962

    May 15, 2026 at 8:58 pm

    I am always wondering how are the noise levels on these robots? I mean if we put them in our homes, are we willing to live with their constant whirring or are they reallllly silent?

  20. @kengol2357

    May 15, 2026 at 9:06 pm

    F.03 Livestream – Day 3: 56:02 hours 70,550 packages and counting

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