VentureBeat August 2, 2024
Carl Franzen

The race to get AI-driven humanoid robots into homes and workplaces around the world took a new twist today when Figure, a company backed by OpenAI among others to the tune of $675 million in its last round in February, today published a trailer video for its newest model: Figure 02, along with the date of August 6, 2024.

As you’ll see in the video, it is short on specifics but heavy on vibes and close-ups, showing views of what appear to be robotic joints and limbs as well as some interesting, possibly flexible mesh designs for the robot body and labels for torque ratings up to 150Nm (Newton-meters, or “the torque produced by a force of one newton applied...

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