Day: November 22, 2025

Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup’s robots could ‘fracture a human skull’
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Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup’s robots could ‘fracture a human skull’

Startup Figure AI is developing general-purpose humanoid robots. Figure AI Figure AI, an Nvidia-backed developer of humanoid robots, was sued by the startup’s former head of product safety who alleged that he was wrongfully terminated after warning top executives that the company’s robots “were powerful enough to fracture a human skull.” Robert Gruendel, a principal […]

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