Humanoid Robots Run a Warehouse Shift in a Viral Demo
TL;DR
Figure AI streamed three humanoids sorting packages at its San Jose facility, achieving an eight-hour autonomous run and then extending to multi-hour shifts, sorting tens of thousands of packages and amassing over 3 million views as investors weigh the implications of long-shift automation—yet experts caution the tech is far from deployment-ready due to accuracy gaps and real-world complexities.
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