Figure’s humanoid robots work for 200 hours, process 250k packages without failure
- May 27
- 1 min read
INTERESTING ENGINEERING — The California-based startup employed three humanoid robots powered by its Helix-02 AI system, which autonomously sorted small packages around the clock during a livestreamed operation.
The demonstration attracted significant online attention as viewers tracked the robots’ uptime and performance beyond the company’s original eight-hour target.
Figure AI later added visible name tags to the robots using the viewer-created names. The robots, nicknamed Bob, Jim, and Rose by online viewers, used onboard cameras and AI reasoning to detect barcodes, pick up packages, and place them, barcode-face-down, onto conveyor belts.
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