Posted on 04/30/2026 4:08:23 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
US Robotics player Figure has rapidly scaled production of its Figure 03 humanoid robots, marking a shift from prototype to mass manufacturing.
At its manufacturing facility, BotQ, in California, the company boosted output from one robot per day to one per hour—a 24-fold increase achieved in under four months.
The ramp-up, supported by custom software and over 150 networked workstations, has enabled the delivery of more than 350 units.
According to Figure, with improved supplier quality and rigorous inspection processes, production yields are rising steadily. The expansion is also accelerating data generation, a key factor in advancing the robots’ autonomous capabilities.
Last year, Figure revealed its plans for the BotQ facility, an in-house factory dedicated to humanoid robots, targeting 12,000 units annually with plans to scale production further.
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Can always rely on good old Jijo Malayil for accurate news
Why arent they building themselves?
some day. In about 250 years. Maybe
China will pop them out at less than half the cost, and by the thousands if you put up the cash.
That is coming. I can see it coming at the robot factory.
I watch all the videos there. Very interesting.
One job not mentioned - soldier, warrior, assassin, hitman.
You could replace one of the arms with a light machine gun or semi auto, the upper arm could be the magazine. The robot could probably carry several 100 rounds in bandoliers.
The robot wouldn’t even need to lift and aim; you could put optical sensors on the arm itself with a laser pointer.
For stealthy assassinations, the robot could, in the presence of other service robots wandering around doing their various tasks, suddenly pull off its own hand revealing the gun muzzle right before taking the shot, al la James Bond.
Scary.
“Figure claims one humanoid robot production per hour, 24x scale-up in just 4 months”. Is she a lady, can cook, and mow the grass?
US Robotics. Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in a LONG time.
I had their modems in the 90’s, then got T1 speed ADSL in the late 90s.
“Why arent they building themselves?
*****
When they do, they will be everywhere. Drone and four legged ones.
I got their 9600 baud HST modem in the late 80’s, and had every upgrade they made thereafter including the dual POTS/ISDN modem. And I built a datacenter in ‘92 that POS terminals dialed into, and we used a couple of USR “modem racks” that you plugged a T1 into the back of, and it gave you 24 modems to answer the incoming calls. No channel bank needed! It was cool technology and “just worked”.
T1 speed! 1.544 Mbps! In the mid-90’s I had ISDN at home. 2 64K channels! “Dual B & D!”.
Now I have 2 gig fiber, and it’s basically an afterthought. It just works, it’s fast enough for everything. We’ve come a long way since the Westridge 300 baud modem that I used to overclock to 450 baud on my Commodore 64! :)
Correct. Killing All Humans using androids is inefficient.
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