Figure CEO Brett Adcock shared video of a Figure 03 humanoid autonomously climbing up and down a 15-foot ladder, confirming the vertical locomotion milestone maps directly to an active customer use case.
American Airlines has joined United, Delta, and Southwest in explicitly banning humanoid and animal-like robots from commercial flights, citing the severe fire hazards posed by massive lithium-ion batteries.
Confronting strict FCC import restrictions on foreign robots, top Unitree distributor RoboStore is launching Robo Inc. to focus on domestic assembly, cybersecurity vetting, and practical systems integration.
In a recent podcast appearance, Figure founder Brett Adcock pushed back against humanoid hype, arguing that the true bottleneck is onboard intelligence, not hardware manufacturing, and claiming early customers are already seeing a real-world return on investment.