The Workforce Grows a New Species

For decades, humanoid robots inhabited the comfortable realm of speculation. They walked across TED stages, fell over in viral videos, and starred in concept films about futures that never quite arrived. The difference in 2026 is that they are now clocking in. Figure AI’s units are moving inventory in logistics facilities. Tesla’s Optimus prototypes are […]

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For decades, humanoid robots inhabited the comfortable realm of speculation. They walked across TED stages, fell over in viral videos, and starred in concept films about futures that never quite arrived. The difference in 2026 is that they are now clocking in. Figure AI’s units are moving inventory in logistics facilities. Tesla’s Optimus prototypes are