BMW Beats Tesla With It's 'Figure 01' Humanoid Robot

BMW's newest autoworker is 5'6," 130 pounds, walks on two legs, uses five-fingered hands to assemble machines - and takes a break every five hours to stroll to a charging station and plug itself in. Under a first-of-its-kind deal, humanoid robots from a California company called Figure will begin working in BMW manufacturing plants, starting in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Figure is an AI Robotics company building an autonomous general purpose humanoid robot. In the first phase, Figure will "identify initial use cases to apply the Figure robots in automotive production." Under a first-of-its-kind deal, humanoid robots from a California company called Figure will begin working in BMW manufacturing plants, starting in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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[@givememorepizza4358]

No emotion no fatigue no bathroom breaks no lunch breaks . Looks like there will be replacing the human element out of the equation.

[@retikulum]

Good. Why should valuable and limited human lifetime and health be spent for such repeating tasks?

[@artificium_]

Frees up humans to come up with cooler stuff ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@oooodaxteroooo]

theyre going to create a safer work environment for all the robots taking over lower middle class jobs. great!

[@danilomalf4439]

Aff 3 anos pra pegar uma caixa, nessa velocidade um humano já teria pego 4 caixas, isso que estamos falando de uma empresa de produção né... 😂