"In January 2024, Figure signed its first commercial agreement with BMW to deploy its humanoid robot in the German carmaker’s production facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Now, the California-based robotics firm has released a video showcasing its 01 humanoid robot executing its first job by participating in the vehicle assembly process."

  • rbesfe@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    I have a feeling when BMW gets the maintenance and technician bills for this thing, they’ll realize that maybe meatbags aren’t so bad

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      4 months ago

      I bet this is a service model.

      E.g. BMW pay x per hour for the machine and that’s it. Seeing as it is also a car manufacturer I’m sure they will have clauses stating all downtown caused by this humanoid will be occurred by that company.

      Car manufacturers really don’t fuck about with downtime.