Figure 02 Robot Folds Laundry Autonomously in CEO’s Home

Robotics start-up Figure has released a video showing its Figure 02 humanoid robot completing a full cycle of household laundry without human intervention at the home of Chief Executive Officer Brett Adcock on 30 July. The company said the demonstration was powered entirely by Helix, its in-house vision-language-action model, and involved no teleoperation or scripted commands. The showcase moves Figure beyond industrial pick-and-place tasks into consumer-oriented domestic work, underscoring a wider push among robotics firms to automate repetitive chores. While the company did not announce a commercial timeline, the fully autonomous performance suggests progress toward multipurpose home robots capable of handling everyday activities such as sorting and folding clothes.