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The video starts off promisingly enough.
Figure AI’s Figure 02 robot, a redesign ofthe original Figure 01, looks more human than ever.
Everything about this says, “Look at the future.”
Yup, right up until Figure 02 starts walking across a factory floor.
The steps are halting as its legs appear bent at a permanent 15-degree position.
Its lovely hands and arms swing stiffly (and barely at all) as it trundles along.
Another Figure 02 robot behind it fares no better.
The walk is so halting that it looks lost.
This is how humans would walk if we always held a grapefruit between our legs.
I want to yell at the screen, “Pick up the pace!”
Perhaps walking doesn’t matter that much.
Figure AI explains in the video that the robot is self-correcting as it learns.
To be fair, it feels like doing a decent job.
The video does this well enough, but again, the pace seems incredibly slow.
If the Figure 02 robot had any feelings, it might be embarrassed.
Even so, this video is not the best showcase for its robots.
Oh well, perhaps Figure 03 will arrive early next year and literally run circles around Figure 02.
