The Humanoid Labs

Dario says robotics will be revolutionized once AI models can control them, whether through human-like learning, training on simulations, or in-context learning. The path doesn't matter. Both robot design and control will improve, happening maybe 1-2 years after key AI breakthroughs.

Just another day at the Figure HQ.

Figure headquarters is buzzing.

Embodied AI unveiled AIR, a wheeled Swiss factory humanoid with tendon driven 7 DoF arms and a lift that reaches from the floor up to about 3 meters for pick and place work. The motors live in the torso so the arms stay light enough to stand next to you.

A robot taught by strangers in a train station.

Machenta founder Edward Johns says his team brought a robot to London's King's Cross station and let members of the public walk up with their own objects and teach it on the spot. A crowd with random objects is a much harder test than a lab demo, so this is the first real look at whether Instant Robot Learning holds up.