Brett Adcock, co -founder and chief executive of the starting of Humanoid Robotics Figure AI, made a rare public appearance at The Bloomberg technology Conference on Thursday. Figure has recently been the object of a couple news articles This questioned his progress with her client Marquee BMW. The figure is so strongly opposed to at least one of these reports that Adcock is publicly threatened to sue the post.
When asked about the skepticism surrounding the BMW relationship and if it was a pilot or has a commercial value to the company, the ADCOCK responded with an explanation of the technical benefit of being a robot on a factory floor, but did not provide details of the conventional relationship with BMW.
“We are of great value and it is really important to have to understand how to run a robot every day. We can see how well they perform. We can watch all the measurements,” he said. Two months ago, the number was also published A YouTube video showing some of his robots working in a BMW factory.
However, Adcock said the AI number has signed a contract with a second, anonymous client for initial development, a customer reported by Bloomberg Ups and downs.
The AI Figure has drawn attention to claims that its AI -operated robots have human delicate motor skills and can handle objects accurately. Despite the release of numerous videos of its robots at work, the company has not made a vibrant demonstration of anthropomorphs.
The researcher, Ed Ludlow of Bloomberg, pointed out that while two other robotics companies, the agility robotics and the dynamics of Boston presented their robots at the conference, Figure AI did not. “Something that goes back to all of our philosophy around us are not going to many events,” Adcock said. “I think it’s a huge waste of time. To be honest, I have to bring a team here to bring robots here, they could be in the office,” he said, adding that the company is presenting the robots in video.
Adcock has confirmed that the AI scheme expects to build and develop about 100,000 units within four years.
Skepticism about the commercial relationship of the figure comes amid the company’s efforts to raise a $ 1.5 billion round of $ 39.5 billion, according to sources in Bloomberg, a fifteen -time increase from $ 20 billion in $ 20 billion.
TechCrunch said in April that the AI number has issued pause and decoration letters on secondary brokers, demanding that they stop trading its shares because they are not authorized to do so.
