Figure retires its F.02 fleet and melts them down on their own
What happened
According to an October 2 report, as the F.03 fleet grows, Figure decided that continuing to maintain the F.02 was no longer reasonable and retired most of the F.02 robots. The company said disassembling each unit to protect proprietary hardware would take up technicians' time and delay the F.04 launch, so the team trained a new AI model in simulation, drawing on stunt performer movements, to have the robots walk themselves into molten steel at a foundry in Imatra, Finland. The melted metal was shipped back to the US to make limited-edition memorabilia. Only a small number of F.02 units remain at the company's headquarters.
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- Hacker News front pageF.02 Decommission
Figure 将大部分 F.02 机器人退役，并训练它们在芬兰 Imatra 的铸造厂自主跳入熔融钢液销毁。随着 F.03 机队扩大，公司认为继续维护 F.02 已不合理，逐台拆解以保护专有硬件又会占用技术人员时间、拖延 F.04 发布。团队参考特技演员动作在仿真中训练新的 AI 模型，完成熔毁后将金属运回美国制作限量纪念品，目前仅少量 F.02 留存在总部。
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