A ladder just became the latest proving ground in the race to build humanoid robots that can move through the human world.
Figure CEO Brett Adcock released a video showing the company’s Figure 03 robot gripping and climbing a short ladder. Adcock described the demonstration as “fully autonomous,” although Figure has not published success rates or a technical breakdown of the run.
The slow, controlled climb offers another glimpse of what whole-body robotic autonomy could eventually enable — and how much testing remains before such machines can safely work in unpredictable environments.
According to Figure, the robot completed the task…
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