Figure AI decided to stress-test its humanoid robots the way most companies wouldn’t dare: live, on camera, with no off switch. The company’s F.03 robots have been autonomously sorting packages in a warehouse around the clock, hitting 88,000 packages over roughly 72 hours of continuous operation. The livestream will keep running until a robot physically breaks down. That’s not a typo. The company’s stated endgame for the demo is mechanical failure. The F.03 humanoid robots are running on Figure AI’s Helix-02 onboard AI system, which handles all decision-making locally on the robot itself. No remote human operators. No teleoperation. The robots are reading packages, picking them up, and sorting them into the correct bins, all autonomously. The pace is roughly 3 seconds per package. That’s fast enough to clear over 28,000 packages in a single 24-hour stretch, a milestone the company hit with zero reported failures. By the 40-hour mark, the count had climbed to approximately 50,000 packages. Figure AI’s private valuation has reportedly climbed to nearly $40 billion. The company has attracted significant capital at a time when the humanoid robotics space is heating up, with competitors including Tesla’s Optimus program, Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, and startups like 1X Technologies.

Full report : The robotics startup is running its F.03 humanoid robots 24/7 in a warehouse until one breaks, and millions are watching.

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