2024-03-22 13:37:00
The company’s humanoid Figure AI can hold a conversation and interact with a human thanks to the implementation of ChatGPT as artificial intelligence.
22.03.2024, 14:3722.03.2024, 14:53
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It’s called Figure 01. What visually distinguishes it from another humanoid robot? Not much. For a few years now, we’ve gotten used to seeing them walk, fall, get up, do pirouettes, use their hands, and even have expressions, no matter how creepy they may be. However, if there is one thing that these artificial beings lacked, it is natural speech and interaction with them.
Androids as you know them from science fiction are now soon a reality, thanks to exponential progress in artificial intelligence, with what we call “language models”, or Large Language Models (LLM) in the jargon.
Put simply, an LLM is a computer program that has analyzed enough examples to be able to recognize and interpret human language and that is exactly how Chat GPT works. Thus, by integrating this system into a humanoid robot, we obtain Figure 01, a real entity capable of moving and holding a conversation.
In a video published by the company Figure AI. We can see the humanoid behind a table calmly carrying out the various tasks asked of it by one of the engineers. A clear conversation, whose immediate responses are executed with the same fluidity:
The engineer
I’m hungry, give me something to eat.
Figure 01
Of course.
(The robot hands him an apple)
The engineer
Alright, now tell me why you did that?
Figure 01
I gave you the apple because it was the only food available on the table.
As can be seen in the images, Figure 01 can respond to questions or instructions and respond in natural language. The robot can also draw information from its environment, such as when it is asked for food and the robot recognizes an apple as the only edible item on the table.
To perform this miracle, the start-up specializing in robotics Figure AI has teamed up with OpenAI, one of the most advanced companies in the field of artificial intelligence, since they are not just the creators of ChatGPT.
These sensory capabilities simulating sight, hearing and speech result from the combination of the neural network developed by Figure, with the visual and linguistic intelligence provided by OpenAI.
However, as Figure 01 is still in the early stage of experimentation, it requires a reaction time of several seconds to answer questions or perform tasks.
The future of manufacturing?
Figure AI’s stated mission, according to its website, is to augment human skills through advanced artificial intelligence. Figure 01 and its future offspring could thus replace a good number of jobs in the future, deemed particularly dangerous or requiring unskilled labor.
In January, Figure AI and automobile brand BMW concluded a deal to explore the extent to which this 1.7 meter tall, 60 kilo robot can be used in BMW manufacturing plants.
The deployment of these humanoid robots in automobile manufacturing could generate considerable gains in efficiency and productivity thanks to their ability to perform tasks in areas that are difficult to access or dangerous for humans.
However, the integration of humanoid robots into the manufacturing industry obviously raises ethical questions in the labor market. Robots capable of carrying out tasks traditionally carried out by humans will have a clear impact on employment and could well shake up the labor economy. A major challenge that will undoubtedly have to be met much more quickly than we think.
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