May 15th, 2026

Figure CEO Says No Teleoperation in Their Humanoid Robot Testing

Figure, a robotics company developing humanoid robots that operate via AI, is running a livestream of one of its robots sorting packages in real time to show off its capabilities. The livestream was watched by millions across YouTube and X, but drew some skepticism. Figure CEO Brett Adcock joins Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech" to counter claims that its robots are teleoperated.