By end of 2026, Figure's robot hardware will be capable of performing what surgeons can do (teleoperated).

By end of 2026, Figure's robot hardware will be capable of performing what surgeons can do (teleoperated). | I think from a hardware perspective in 2026 we'll be able to do uh like from a hardware work what surgeons can do... I feel pretty confident by the end of this year you'll have a hardware system that you know you could basically if you could like a teley operator or something like that you could like basically be able to do like real surgery. Um depends what type but I think like like most things and then the AI system is just layering on top of that.

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I think from a hardware perspective in 2026 we'll be able to do uh like from a hardware work what surgeons can do... I feel pretty confident by the end of this year you'll have a hardware system that you know you could basically if you could like a teley operator or something like that you could like basically be able to do like real surgery. Um depends what type but I think like like most things and then the AI system is just layering on top of that.

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