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Figure 01 Demonstration and Lifecycle Record

Figure identifies F.01 as its first robot generation and says it took its first steps in May 2023. The March 2024 demonstration discussed in E008 connected an external la

Aug 4, 20262 min readBy Dalton Anderson

Figure 01 Demonstration and Lifecycle Record

Product identity

Figure identifies F.01 as its first robot generation and says it took its first steps in May 2023. The March 2024 demonstration discussed in E008 connected an external language-and-vision system with Figure's robot controls.

Observed sequence

The robot stood at a table containing an apple, trash, dishes, and a rack. In the selected sequence it responded to spoken requests, handed over the apple, moved trash, placed dishes, and explained parts of its behavior.

The sequence made perception, language, explanation, and physical manipulation visible in one interaction. It did not publish the number of attempts, failure rate, prior setup, model and software configuration, teleoperation boundary, intervention log, speed distribution, safety controls, or performance over a work shift.

Evidence classification

ClaimSupported state
Figure 01 performed the shown sequenceSupported by the company demonstration
The integration connected language and robot actionSupported at a high level by the demonstration context
The system generalized to unshown objects and settingsNot established
The system was ready for household useNot established
The system was safe and reliable around peopleNot established by the video
Figure 01 is Figure's current robotFalse under the current company chronology

Later state

Figure's current company page places F.02 and F.03 after F.01. Current Figure materials center F.03 and Helix 02. The public profile should retain Figure 01 as product history rather than blend later demonstrations into the 2024 prototype.

Publication use

Do not describe the robot as conscious, a person, a consumer product, a household worker, an autonomous general worker, or a current offering. Do not assume that the 2024 OpenAI collaboration describes Figure's current model stack.

Sources

Follow the evidence.

  1. NVIDIA Rubin announcementnvidianews.nvidia.com
  2. SIMA 2 technical reportstorage.googleapis.com
  3. NIOSH Center for Occupational Robotics Researchcdc.gov
  4. OSHA robotics overviewosha.gov
  5. NIST AI Resource Centerairc.nist.gov
  6. Google DeepMind SIMA 2 announcementdeepmind.google
  7. NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra announcementnvidianews.nvidia.com
  8. BMW Figure 02 trialpress.bmwgroup.com
  9. Spotify episode recordpodcasters.spotify.com
  10. Google DeepMind SIMA announcementdeepmind.google
  11. Figure news indexfigure.ai
  12. Figure 03 introductionfigure.ai
  13. NASA Systems Engineering Handbooknasa.gov
  14. Figure Helix 02figure.ai
  15. NVIDIA Blackwell launchinvestor.nvidia.com
  16. BMW Figure 03 projectpress.bmwgroup.com
  17. SIMA technical reportstorage.googleapis.com
  18. Figure company pagefigure.ai
Figure 01 Demonstration and Lifecycle Record