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229_016predictionRoboticshumanoids

Figure will scale manufacturing from thousands to tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands to millions of robots per year.

Predictor: Brett Adcock · ep#229 "The Humanoid Takeover: $50T Market, Figure's Full Body Autonomy, and Robots in Dorms #229" · source

Prior probability
55.0%
Current probability
36.9%
evolves via intake + LBP
Conviction
4/5
Signal quality
C
Resolution
pending
Window
2026-04-30 – 2028-11-30
Edges in / out
3 / 0
Tickers exposed
29

Prediction text

Figure will scale manufacturing from thousands to tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands to millions of robots per year. | I mean, we're building like thousands of robots right now... Um, you know, and then there we want to go to tens of thousands and then hundreds of thousands and millions. I think we need to take those like steps as a company to go do that.

Watch events: Figure 03 shipment volume; BMW, 2nd customer deployment count

Verbatim quote

From episode "The Humanoid Takeover: $50T Market, Figure's Full Body Autonomy, and Robots in Dorms #229"
I mean, we're building like thousands of robots right now... Um, you know, and then there we want to go to tens of thousands and then hundreds of thousands and millions. I think we need to take those like steps as a company to go do that.

Predictor: Brett Adcock

κ + Brier as of 2026-05-22
κ (discount)
0.773
Brier
0.0040
excellent
Hits / Misses
5 / 0
of 6 resolved
Hit rate
83.3%
Calibration plot (stated vs observed)

Evidence about this node from Brett Adcock is multiplied by κ in /api/intake. Lower κ = less weight; floors at 0.10 (effectively silenced) and caps at 1.00 (full weight).

Reference class: humanoid_commercial_volume

Linked via embedding similarity 0.675

>10,000 unit cumulative deployment of humanoid robot SKU within 3 years of debut

Base rate
10.0%
0/3 historical
Inside weight
Outside weight
no pull
inside 36.9% → blend 36.9% 0.0pp)

Tetlock-style outside view: at TRF=1 (just predicted), outside view dominates (w_in=0.3). At TRF=0 (deadline), inside view dominates (w_in=1.0). The blend regularizes overconfident inside views toward the historical base rate.

Probability over time

9 prob_history rows
0%25%50%75%100%prior 55%2026-04-302026-04-302026-05-24
intake v2milestone miss sweeplbp propagationreference class assignedlegacy v1prior_prob (analyst seed)current = 36.9%

Milestone chain

Pre-event signals (upstream prereqs + window checkpoints) → resolution event → downstream cascades. Status/dates update from linked nodes; re-derive nightly via scripts/ops/derive_milestones.py.
Leading chain: 8 pending
  1. 2026-09-28pendingQ1 window check-in (25%)
  2. 2026-12-31pendingFigure BotQ scales to ~12,000 robots/year capacity
    How: Figure achieves first-generation BotQ line capacity of 12,000 Figure 03 humanoids per year (one robot per hour rate sustained)
    Source: https://www.figure.ai/news/botq — Figure BotQ first-gen line designed for up to 12,000 humanoids/year; one-robot-per-hour rate achieved 2026conf 85%
    Notes: Adcock's stairstep starts here — 'thousands' phase already crossed (~350+ delivered, 55/week, 9,000 actuators).
  3. 2027-02-27pendingQ2 window check-in (50%)
  4. 2026-09-01 → 2027-12-31pendingFigure shifts from 'thousands' to 'tens of thousands' annual production
    How: Figure publicly reports cumulative production crossing 10,000 units OR annual run-rate of 10,000+ units in shareholder/investor disclosures
    Source: https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/figure-claims-12-000-humanoid-162855533.html — Figure claims 12,000 robots/year, 1 robot per hourconf 70%
  5. 2026-12-01 → 2027-12-31pendingFirst commercial customer reaches 1,000-unit deployment
    How: Figure or partner (BMW, Brookfield, etc.) announces single-customer deployment of >=1,000 Figure humanoids in production environment
    Source: https://www.iiot-world.com/artificial-intelligence-ml/robotics/physical-ai-deployment-roi-humanoid-robots/ — BMW 30,000-car proof-of-concept and ROI thresholdsconf 50%
  6. 2027-07-29pendingQ3 window check-in (75%)
  7. 2027-06-01 → 2028-06-30pendingFigure announces second BotQ-style facility / 100K-unit scale-up
    How: Figure announces second high-volume manufacturing facility OR formal capacity expansion to 100,000 units/year
    Source: https://www.figure.ai/master-plan — Figure master plan referencing scaling to 100K units annuallyconf 55%
  8. 2027-12-01 → 2028-11-30pendingFigure reaches 'hundreds of thousands' annual run rate
    How: Figure publicly states or reports annual production run-rate of >=100,000 humanoids/year (third stairstep in Adcock plan)
    Source: Adcock public statements and Figure master plan; Humanoids Daily exponential ramp-up coverageconf 35%
    Notes: Cascade — depends on demand validation, supply chain, and capital. Adcock's 'millions' (final stairstep) almost certainly outside the 2028-11 window.

What if this resolves?

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(live posterior: 37%)

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Evidence chain

Every probability update with full Bayesian provenance — chronological, latest first
LBP2026-05-24T02:00:02Z36.9%+1.7pp
Network propagation: 35.2% → 36.9%
4-iter LBP, residual 0.01000 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run 806b02f8
LBP2026-05-17T02:00:01Z35.2%+3.3pp
Network propagation: 31.9% → 35.2%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00689 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run e607fa96
LBP2026-05-10T02:00:02Z31.9%+6.1pp
Network propagation: 25.8% → 31.9%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00584 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run e5c18d29
LBP2026-05-03T02:00:01Z25.8%+9.6pp
Network propagation: 16.3% → 25.8%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00677 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run 1a683ac9
legacy v12026-04-30T19:17:54Z16.3%-13.1pp
intake:99aa73db-75b1-4b1e-8470-a11f87b23937 bayesian_v2 inside=0.415 blend=0.163 LLR=0.536 κ=0.77 w_in=0.30 humanoid_commercial_volume
LBP2026-04-30T16:39:51Z29.4%+10.8pp
Network propagation: 18.6% → 29.4%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v2 · run 0c8a4ea3
legacy v12026-04-30T16:13:50Z18.6%-10.7pp
reference_class_assigned bayesian_v2 inside=0.550 blend=0.186 w_in=0.30 humanoid_commercial_volume
LBP2026-04-30T02:18:57Z29.3%+10.8pp
Network propagation: 18.6% → 29.3%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v1 · run 592311ef
legacy v12026-04-30T01:56:50Z18.6%-36.4pp
reference_class_assigned bayesian_v2 inside=0.550 blend=0.186 w_in=0.30 humanoid_commercial_volume

Network propagation neighbors

Top edges sorted by latest LBP cross-impact
All propagation →

Top incoming (parents)

Edges that influence THIS node's belief

KindNodeTheir probP(c|s=T)P(c|s=F)Δ implied
killerTK08
Humanoid Capital Collapse (Figure/Apptronik Flop)
22.0%0.0500.550+0.071
prereqS_HUMANOID_ENTERPRISE_2028
Humanoid R2: 100K+ enterprise by Nov 2028
50.0%0.5500.050-0.069

Top outgoing (children)

Predictions THIS node influences

No outgoing edges.

Ticker exposure

29 ticker(s) linked

Beneficiaries (24)

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Adverse (5)

RHIMANKELYAKFYTNET

Prerequisites (3)

Predictions that must hit first
TypePredTitleDomainLag
prereqS_HUMANOID_ENTERPRISE_2028Humanoid R2: 100K+ enterprise by Nov 2028humanoid_deployment
correlateS_HUMANOID_FACTORY_2026Humanoid R1: 10K+ factory units by Nov 2026humanoid_deployment
killerTK08Humanoid Capital Collapse (Figure/Apptronik Flop)

Dependents (0)

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Linked documents (2)

Auto-generated by cosine similarity from Polymarket / Manifold / EDGAR / GDELT
SimSourceTitleMarket probPolarityReviewedPublished
0.750codex_research_packFigure - Ramping Figure 03 Productioncorroboratespending2026-04-29
0.750codex_research_packFigure - BotQ: A High-Volume Manufacturing Facility for Humanoid Robotscorroboratespending2025-03-16

Raw metadata

From Thesis_Timeline_v1.0_FINAL workbook
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  "mode": "FORECAST",
  "role": "Guest-CEO",
  "context": "we're building like thousands of robots right now. Um, so we're like that's the big push we're doing, right?... and then there we want to go to tens of thousands and then hundreds of thousands and millions.",
  "verbatim": "I mean, we're building like thousands of robots right now... Um, you know, and then there we want to go to tens of thousands and then hundreds of thousands and millions. I think we need to take those like steps as a company to go do that.",
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