Hasta La Vista, Figure 02: Adcock Teases a Terminator-Style Sendoff

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• Brett Adcock has posted an AI-generated Figure 02 farewell teaser ending with the date September 30, 2026.
• The apparent melting theme follows Arnold Schwarzenegger’s suggestion that Figure melt its retired robots, despite an earlier poll favoring an explosion.
• Adcock previously said Figure needed the space and could not auction the robots because it wanted to protect its intellectual property.

Figure 02 may be heading for a retirement ceremony that owes rather more to Hollywood than to the office recycling policy.

Figure CEO Brett Adcock posted a short “Goodbye F.02” teaser on September 28, showing the humanoid on a platform in a scene reminiscent of Terminator 2. The clip ends with a date: 09.30.26.

The post is labeled “Made with AI.” It is a tease of a possible sendoff, not footage of a robot already being melted. But after an intervention from Arnold Schwarzenegger himself, the apparent choice of farewell is not particularly mysterious.

First, a practical problem

The story began with a less cinematic issue: Figure was running out of room.

“We loved Figure 02, it was a workhorse. We’re out of room at HQ. It has to go,” Adcock wrote on August 19. He asked followers for ideas for a proper sendoff.

One suggestion was to auction a robot for charity. Adcock’s response ruled out that particular second career: “Unfortunately, we need to destroy them so our IP doesn’t leak.”

That left the question of how.

In a follow-up poll, “BLOW THEM UP” took 46.3% of 1,422 votes. Turning them into art received 35.6%, while a livestreamed disassembly attracted 18.1%.

A plurality of voters had chosen the least subtle option. Then someone with unusually relevant screen experience entered the conversation.

Arnold had another idea

“You should melt them,” Schwarzenegger replied.

“Arnold! DM sent,” Adcock answered.

The reference is hard to miss. Terminator 2: Judgment Day ends with both of its principal machines meeting molten steel: the T-1000 is knocked into the vat, while Schwarzenegger’s T-800 subsequently asks to be lowered in to prevent its technology from surviving. The latter farewell, complete with a final thumbs-up, is the closer parallel to retiring a robot to protect what is inside it.

Apparently, winning an internet poll is one thing. Getting disposal advice from the Terminator is another.

A date, rather than a completed demolition

The new teaser suggests Adcock has taken the melting proposal to heart. It does not establish exactly what Figure will do on September 30, how many robots might be involved, or whether Schwarzenegger will participate. His reply and Adcock’s DM acknowledgment are not confirmation of an appearance.

There is a more ordinary technology cycle underneath the spectacle. Figure is already looking beyond this generation: Adcock recently described the forthcoming Figure 04 as the company’s biggest hardware leap, while discussing its wider development plans.

For Figure 02, however, the immediate question appears to be less about the next upgrade and more about whether it gets a final thumbs-up.