Figure will not differentiate by vertical form factor—general-purpose humanoid is the bet.

Figure will not differentiate by vertical form factor—general-purpose humanoid is the bet. | I think you're left with like very expensive equipment that's very siloed. Like you really want to build a general purpose machine that can uh that can learn across a variety of different tasks... So my view is um I think just it'll be like humanoid robots on humanoid robots everywhere in the planet.

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

I think you're left with like very expensive equipment that's very siloed. Like you really want to build a general purpose machine that can uh that can learn across a variety of different tasks... So my view is um I think just it'll be like humanoid robots on humanoid robots everywhere in the planet.

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