What does the world's largest humanoid robot company think about the future ot work, the future of robots ... and how we should think about Chinese robotics companies?

Figure AI’s Helix 02 humanoid robots neared 40 hours of autonomous work and almost 50,000 packages in a livestreamed warehouse demo.

“Tinnie is the world’s first digitally advanced AI humanoid robot to set foot on a residential renovation site,” Cherie Barber said. Nicknamed “Tinnie”, a nod to both the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz and a well-earned end-of-day Aussie tradie reward; this humanoid robot will take on a central role as Cherie’s digital apprentice.

"He said his left forearm is basically broken."

Rivian Automotive founder RJ Scaringe has founded a new company aimed at developing better humanoid robots as the auto industry learns how to use them more effectively.