Adcock: Shipping high-quality humanoid robots will take Figure several more years
Brett Adcock · EXCLUSIVE: $3B Founder Reveals His Next Big Idea | Brett Adcock Interview · Jun 17, 2024 · at 35:14
Brett Adcock, founder and CEO of humanoid robotics company Figure, discusses the timeline required to commercially deploy their robots.
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“We need to go out now and like prove that we can actually ship really high quality product, which is going to take us, you know, several more years from here.”
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