Figure, a Silicon Valley-based startup that builds humanoid robots, has announced Helix, a proprietary AI model that the company says enables robots to more easily pick up objects, collaborate on tasks with other robots,

Figure released a video showing its new Helix VLA model running on a pair of Figure 02 humanoids cooperating on a household task.

Figure launches Helix, an AI that allows robots to recognize language and reasoning like humans and grasp household objects without training.

Figure AI Inc., a startup developing humanoid robots, is in talks with investors to raise $1.5 billion at a valuation of $39.5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter — a move that signals the tech industry’s intensifying interest in robots that look and move like humans.

Figure AI has announced Helix, a Vision-Language-Action (VLM) model that allows humanoid robots to perform complex tasks using natural language. This model marks progress in robotics, enabling robots to understand and react to instructions in real time, handle unforeseen objects, and collaborate.

Only weeks after Figure.ai announced ending its collaboration deal with OpenAI, the Silicon Valley startup has announced Helix – a commercial-ready, AI "hive-mind" humanoid robot that can do almost anything you tell it to.