Do humanoids dream of becoming human?
- Robots, SCIENCE, Technology
- April 27, 2026

Robotics company Figure has just raised the bar for what we can expect from autonomous humanoids in the workplace. In an impressive display of stamina, a fleet of their latest Figure 03 robots has successfully sorted more than 80,000 packages over a gruelling 64-hour continuous run. The entire marathon event is being broadcast live to
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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Stories of human-like dolls yearning to become real people turn up everywhere. Pinocchio wants to be a real boy. The robot child in Spielberg’s A.I. wants to be loved like a human son. The story keeps getting retold because
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