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Figure AI Shows Robot that Really Puts Its Hip Into Dishwasher Duty

Figure AI unveiled Helix 02, a humanoid robot governed by a single neural network that controls its legs, torso, arms, and fingers in real time. In a four‑minute kitchen demo, the robot completed 61 autonomous actions, including loading and unloading a dishwasher, using its hip and foot when its hands were occupied. The system relies on a three‑tier architecture, with a 10‑million‑parameter network running at 1 kHz, replacing over 100 k lines of hand‑written code. New palm cameras and fingertip tactile sensors enable fine manipulation tasks beyond basic locomotion.