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Figure AI's robots can make a bed faster than you

By Rya Jetha Figure AI said it trained Helix 02, the model it introduced earlier this year, on new data so the robots could handle more complex tasks, including opening doors, pushing furniture, and draping clothing. It did not say when its humanoid will become available to consumers.

Figure AI has raised more than $1 billion and is valued at $39 billion. The company faces stiff competition from Tesla, which is developing its own humanoid robot, Optimus.

Last year, Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock announced that the company was no longer collaborating with OpenAI, an investor in Figure AI, on the development of AI models for robots. Adcock ended the partnership after less than a year, after OpenAI told him that it planned to pursue humanoids internally. By Rya Jetha

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Figure AI released a video of two humanoid robots making a bed together. CEO Brett Adcock is working toward "building a new species" that can reproduce and share knowledge. Figure AI faces competition from Tesla, which is developing a humanoid robot, Optimus.

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