Figure is an AI robotics company developing general-purpose humanoid robots designed to perform physical tasks in unpredictable human environments. Led by CEO Brett Adcock, the company is building commercially viable autonomous systems intended to address labor shortages by taking on work that is unsafe, undesirable, or difficult to fill - targeting over 10 million such unfilled positions annually in the U.S. The team brings more than 100 years of combined experience in AI and humanoid robotics, focusing on the technical challenges of robot navigation, manipulation, and autonomy in real-world settings.
The company's core product is a commercial humanoid robot currently in development, which Figure positions as the world's first commercially viable humanoid platform. The robot is being designed for deployment across manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing environments, with longer-term applications planned for domestic settings and elderly care. The technical approach centers on advanced AI systems that enable autonomous operation in environments designed for human workers, addressing the fundamental challenges of dexterous manipulation, dynamic balance, and adaptive decision-making in unstructured spaces.
Figure's engineering mission is rooted in solving real constraints: eliminating dangerous work, filling persistent labor gaps, and creating automation that can operate reliably alongside humans. The company is based in the United States and plans global deployment of its robotics systems. The work spans hardware-software integration for humanoid platforms, autonomous navigation in complex environments, and developing AI architectures capable of generalizing across diverse physical tasks - problems that require bridging perception, control, and planning at the edge of what current robotics can achieve in production environments.