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Robots Doing Dishes: Is Figure 03 Going to Take Over Your Chores?

Oct 9, 2025|6:04

The Figure 03 is a humanoid robot with a lofty goal. The company that makes it, Figure AI, wants to build a machine in the form of a human being, and put the bots to work across the global economy—including in homes. Upon its launch this October, the Figure 03 was capable of doing some domestic tasks like folding clothes and loading a dishwasher, but not without help (it can load the machine, but a human needs to start the wash and help if it drops something). Still, the company has embarked on a mass data collection drive to train the robots’ Helix neural network to better complete more types of tasks.

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