The more natural-looking stride was achieved by analyzing thousands of virtual humanoid robots walking simultaneously in a simulated digital environment, Figure explained in a recent blog post.

According to Boston Dynamics, the new physicalities are “demonstrating policies developed using reinforcement learning with references from human motion capture and animation.” These come about a ...

In a video (top) shared on X on Tuesday, Figure showed its own humanoid 02 robot performing “learned, natural walking.” Figure’s footage demonstrates the scale of the improvement in walking ...