Helix: robots that follow sentences

February 20, 2025

Figure AI introduces Helix, which controls a humanoid's torso and fingers from natural language commands. When it hears "pick up the desert item", the robot picks a toy cactus. Two robots work together to put away groceries they had never seen.

Source: Figure AI

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