Whistleblower Says He Was Fired for Warning Execs That New Robot Could Crush Human Skull

Whistleblower Says He Was Fired for Warning Execs That New Robot Could Crush Human Skull

A former engineer at the humanoid robotics firm Figure AI has sued the company, alleging they were fired for raising a critical safety issue, CNBC reports. The principal robotic safety engineer, Robert Gruendel, had warned top executives in September — including CEO Brett Adcock and chief engineer Kyle Edelberg — that the robots “were powerful enough to fracture a human skull,” according to the suit, which was filed Friday in a federal court in …