Figure retires F.02 robots by jumping them into molten steel
Figure said on its site on September 30 that it retired most of its F.02 humanoid fleet by having the robots leap, on their own, into molten steel at a foundry in Imatra, Finland, in a film made with help from Arnold Schwarzenegger. According to the company, the team trained a new AI model in simulation using stunt performers’ movements as reference, practiced jumps onto airbags at its San Jose campus, and saw cameras and other electronics fail in a 75-ton electric arc furnace while the robots’ AI policies kept running. Figure says the move protected its proprietary hardware and kept work on the next model, F.04, on schedule, and it stresses that the footage is real despite the era of AI-generated video; every detail here comes from the company.