Musk recently made predictions about how Tesla’s bot could impact the workforce, inferring bots like Optimus could become as common as human beings in a few years — and he isn’t the only one theorizing a 1:1 bot-to-person ratio. Figure’s founder and CEO Brett Adcock has essentially echoed Musk’s words, saying that there will be “One robot for every human on the planet.”
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Today, Figure emerges from stealth.
We’re building autonomous humanoid robots.
One robot for every human on the planet.
Here’s what the future will look like: pic.twitter.com/McEXbHtRpo
— Brett Adcock (@adcock_brett) March 2, 2023
Like Tesla, Figure has clearly identified gaps in the labor force its robots could fill. This bot isn’t being built as a technological flex — it has a clear purpose. Figure’s bots will allegedly be well-suited to things like warehouse and retail work, but could also be used to care for the elderly.
Even if you’re not elderly, you could still have a Figure 01 looking after you. As with Tesla, Figure believes economies of scale and automation will eventually make its bots affordable. Getting a robot butler to pitch in with household chores may be as normalized as buying a dishwasher in a few years.
The computing side of things also parallels Tesla’s plans. Advanced AI, which is capable of learning and solving puzzles, is a key part of any humanoid robot. Instead of building specific robots for specific tasks, companies can build one and the bots can work things out from there. If there weren’t enough parallels with the mind of Elon Musk, Adcock is also talking about his robots potentially helping humanity colonize space.
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