Helix AI News & Updates
Figure Accelerates Humanoid Robot Home Testing to 2025
Figure has announced plans to begin alpha testing its Figure 02 humanoid robot in home settings in 2025, accelerated by its proprietary Vision-Language-Action model called Helix. The company recently ended its partnership with OpenAI to focus on its own AI models, and while it continues industrial deployments like its BMW plant pilot, this marks a significant step toward consumer applications.
Skynet Chance (+0.04%): Autonomous humanoid robots entering homes represents a notable step toward more integrated human-AI systems with physical agency, increasing potential control risks. However, the alpha testing nature and narrow focus on specific household tasks suggests these systems remain highly constrained.
Skynet Date (-2 days): The acceleration of home deployment timeline from what was previously expected suggests faster-than-anticipated progress in physical AI capabilities, potentially compressing the timeline for more advanced autonomous systems by removing anticipated hurdles sooner.
AGI Progress (+0.06%): The development of Helix, which integrates vision, language and action in a "generalist" model capable of learning new tasks quickly, represents meaningful progress toward more flexible AI systems with embodied intelligence. The ability to coordinate multiple robots on single tasks demonstrates advancement in complex planning capabilities.
AGI Date (-2 days): The accelerated timeline for home deployment suggests technical barriers to physical world interaction are being overcome faster than expected, potentially bringing forward capabilities needed for more general applications. The shift from specialized industrial settings to variable home environments represents meaningful advancement in adaptability.