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Figure AI's Humanoid Robot 'Jim' Sorts 101,000 Packages in 81 Autonomous Hours

Figure AI, the Sunnyvale humanoid-robot startup founded by Brett Adcock, has wrapped an 81-hour uninterrupted livestream in which a single bipedal robot named 'Jim' running its proprietary Helix-02 model sorted 101,391 packages on a real conveyor belt in its San Jose logistics hangar — with no teleoperation, no battery swap and no human touch on the box flow. The trial began on May 14, 2026 with a stated 8-hour goal and was still running as of 11 a.m. on May 17, when the company posted the final tally. Adcock told Bloomberg the run is the first 24/7 demonstration of fully autonomous package handling by a humanoid, and analysts say it raises the bar that Amazon Robotics, Apptronik and Tesla's Optimus team will have to clear before the end of the year.