Robot Startup Figure Reveals an AI Breakthrough Called Helix

I want one of these AI-powered humanoid robots to help me around the house

I'm a longtime ChatGPT user, and I can't imagine using the internet without access to some sort of AI to help me out. AI acting as an assistant is what I need from ChatGPT and other programs, and I can't wait for AI agents to get better and easier to use.  But I've also started considering the more distant future, one where I would need the AI to have an actual body. As I grow older, I will want a humanoid robot around the house to help me with …

Robot Startup Figure Reveals an AI Breakthrough Called Helix

The company also released a video showing two humanoid robots putting away groceries. It’s worth watching.

Figure humanoid robots use Helix VLA model to demonstrate household chores - The Robot Report

Figure AI Inc. yesterday demonstrated the capabilities of its Helix visual-language-action, or VLA, model in a simple household task: putting away the groceries. Initiated with a single prompt from a human, the robots in the company’s video above visually evaluate the scene and then cooperate to identify each object and move the object to a proper location in the kitchen. There were couple of noteworthy takeaways from the video: First, the robot…

Figure Unveils Helix, a Breakthrough AI Brain for Humanoid Robots

Figure, a California-based robotics company, has introduced Helix, a Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model designed to enhance humanoid robots' perception, language understanding, and control. Founder Brett Adcock described Helix as the most significant AI advancement in the company’s history. "Helix thinks like a human… and to bring robots into homes, we need a step change in capabilities. Helix can generalise to virtually any household item," Adc…

Helix: an new type of AI to power humanoid robots

Only weeks after Figure.ai announced ending its collaboration deal with OpenAI, the Silicon Valley startup has announced Helix – a commercial-ready, AI "hive-mind" humanoid robot that can do almost anything you tell it to.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Figure, Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Swarm Robotics, Open AI