Figure’s 01 humanoids now working autonomously at BMW’s car plant in US
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/us-figure-humanoid-start-operations-at-bmw-plant
Figure’s 01 humanoids now working autonomously at BMW’s car plant in US
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/us-figure-humanoid-start-operations-at-bmw-plant
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“In January 2024, Figure signed its first commercial agreement with BMW to deploy its humanoid robot in the German carmaker’s production facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Now, the California-based robotics firm has released a video showcasing its 01 humanoid robot executing its first job by participating in the vehicle assembly process.
According to the Figure, the humanoid is fully autonomous, with all manipulations shown in the video driven by neural networks that map pixels directly to actions.
A few months ago, Mercedes also announced it was employing Apptronik’s Apollo robot to complete simple tasks like fetching and carrying, helping lighten the load for its human colleagues.
Figure aims to create a global model that can manage billion-unit humanoid robots.
Backed by a partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, Figure 01 can learn by observing humans, allowing them to understand and execute tasks.”
Incredible. Fucking cool af.
Excellent proof of concept, within 5-10 years this system or systems like it will be much faster, more efficient, more precise, and capable of more sophisticated workloads.
I imagine the factories to mass produce these things will start or already have started construction soon. Once they are cost efficient, any rational company will want them as it reduces labor costs.
And that’s how mass unemployment starts folks.
So if it’s not paired with basic income, or better yet full good income, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.
What’s the point of a human shape on an assembly line? There is no benefit.
The human shape is not an efficient one. It’s very strange the focus on a humanoid robot.
They want to get rid of humans and replace us with obedient labor well until the ai itself becomes sentient.
In the end What exactly is the end goal with all this
It’s so slow.
“Why tf did I pick this up. Oh yeah! That’s right!”