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Morning Edition · Friday, November 6, 2026Published at 5:11 AM EST · New York
Figure posts video of new F.03 humanoids walking out of its BotQ plant without saying how they were controlled
The roughly 19-second clip shows robots crossing a pedestrian path with people nearby, but Figure gave no production total, destination or autonomy details.
Brett Adcock, chief executive of Figure AI, posted a short clip on X showing newly built F.03 humanoids leaving the company's BotQ factory and crossing the campus. One robot walks across a painted pedestrian crossing, others follow, and peo…
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