Figure CEO Teases Running Humanoid Robot: It Looks Fast, Agile, Smooth

Humanoid robot companies often hold the actual walking speeds of their robots very close to the vest, mostly because the numbers are often not impressive. Sanctuary AI has published a maximum speed of 3 miles per hour for its humanoid robot, Phoenix. That’s about the lower end of the posted speed of the Unitree H1 as well, although there’s considerable upward variability in that estimate. Agility Robotics’ Digit is around three to four miles per hour as well. Figure’s reported numbers for Next year, perhaps Figure will enter its robot in the second annual Humanoid Robot Marathon.

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LOADING VIDEO PLAYER... FORBES’ FEATURED Video Figure CEO Brett Adcock has teased a short video of his company’s Figure 03 robot running on Threads. While it’s a short clip, it’s very clearly showing quick acceleration, running, turning and deceleration. That’s significant, because one of the primary shortcoming of today’s humanoid robots is speed.

Or, rather, lack thereof.