Figure is making strides in developing its humanoid robot to efficiently tackle household chores. While the company is aiming to deploy the robot in industrial settings like factories and warehouses, it also has plans to create a robot capable of functioning within a home.
A recent video released by Figure showcases its humanoid robot organizing a slightly messy living room by tidying up toys, rearranging cushions, placing the remote control neatly on the coffee table, and performing some light polishing.
The autonomous bipedal bot moves at a steady pace with natural movement, suggesting it could quietly work while the home’s occupants are away or asleep.
Powered by Figure’s advanced vision-language-action AI, known as Helix 02, the robot can learn tasks it hasn’t been trained for.
“Tidying the living room” may seem like a simple task, but it presents significant challenges for a home robot due to the constantly changing environment, unpredictable object placements, and dynamic behaviors of soft items like towels and pillows.
Although the video highlights the robot’s impressive capabilities, deploying humanoid robots in homes still faces obstacles such as variability in home environments, object recognition, tight space navigation, and safe interaction with people and objects.
Competition in the humanoid robot sector is fierce, with companies like Figure and Chinese firm Unitree racing to lead the global market. This year promises exciting developments in the rapidly evolving field of humanoid robots.
