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Figure AI Posts Helix 02 Humanoid Demo Claiming Fully Autonomous Home Chores

Figure AI credits a unified neural model with multi-sensory perception for the behavior, a claim not yet independently verified.

Overview

  • A new video shows the robot walking through a cluttered living room, picking up and sorting items, using a towel to wipe a surface, and turning off a remote without step-by-step instructions.
  • CEO Brett Adcock says the system was developed to work fully autonomous after Elon Musk publicly asked whether the demo involved remote operation.
  • The company says a single neural network coordinates whole‑body locomotion and manipulation to tackle multi-step chores.
  • Figure AI describes vision, proprioception, tactile fingertips, and palm-mounted cameras enabling object identification and delicate grasps in cluttered spaces.
  • According to Figure AI, the model was trained on more than 1,000 hours of human motion data, and there is no independent testing or clear deployment timeline reported.