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Figure Unveils Helix: A Vision-Language-Action Model for Humanoid Robots
Figure has revealed Helix, a generalist Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model that enables humanoid robots to respond to natural language commands while visually assessing their environment. The model allows Figure's 02 humanoid robot to generalize to thousands of novel household items and perform complex tasks in home environments, representing a shift toward focusing on domestic applications alongside industrial use cases.
Skynet Chance (+0.09%): The integration of advanced language models with robotic embodiment significantly increases Skynet risk by creating systems that can both understand natural language and physically manipulate the world, potentially establishing a foundation for AI systems with increasing physical agency and autonomy.
Skynet Date (-3 days): The development of AI models that can control physical robots in complex, unstructured environments substantially accelerates the timeline toward potential AI risk scenarios by bridging the gap between digital intelligence and physical capability.
AGI Progress (+0.11%): Helix represents major progress toward AGI by combining visual perception, language understanding, and physical action in a generalizable system that can adapt to novel objects and environments without extensive pre-programming or demonstration.
AGI Date (-4 days): The successful development of generalist VLA models for controlling humanoid robots in unstructured environments significantly accelerates AGI timelines by solving one of the key challenges in embodied intelligence: the ability to interpret and act on natural language instructions in the physical world.