Figure's robots sorted packages for 200 hours straight
Figure's robots have successfully sorted packages for 200 hours continuously, showcasing their potential for economic tasks. The demonstration involved a series of robots working together to sort nearly 250,000 packages without human intervention. This achievement highlights advancements in robotics and the company's plans for future iterations of their technology.
- ▪Figure's robots sorted 249,560 packages over 200 hours without failure.
- ▪The challenge began as a head-to-head competition between a robot and a human intern.
- ▪The robots worked in shifts, swapping out for battery recharges every few hours.
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Recently we’ve seen a lot of marathon-running, kickboxing, and moonwalking robots show off some impressive feats. But if bipedal humanoid robots are really going to be the multitrillion-dollar industry that Elon Musk predicts, they’re going to need to do some economically valuable work. Early this morning, Figure, a robotics company based in San Jose, California, completed that kind of robotic flex: its Figure 03 robots worked a demonstration package-sorting line for 200 hours straight. In a post on X, Figure founder and CEO Brett Adcock said that what started as a planned eight-hour challenge turned into a marathon sorting shift spanning nine days.
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