Helix Capabilities

Capability

Generalist humanoid VLA control

Source-backed capabilities

  • Workflows: Natural-language task execution, object manipulation, collaborative handoff and real-time robot control.
  • Operating environments: Figure humanoid deployments, logistics demonstrations and household manipulation demos.
  • Target markets: Figure AI robot development teams and customers evaluating Figure humanoids for physical work.
  • Deployment model: Platform-integrated model layer running on Figure robots rather than a standalone third-party software product.
  • Object manipulation - Demonstrated - 2026-05-08 - Figure published an official Helix 02 bedroom-tidy demo showing its humanoid system performing a household soft-object manipulation task. - source: figure.ai
  • Dexterous manipulation - Research demonstration - 2025-08-12 - The release broadens Helix's first-party research footprint beyond warehouse handling into home-oriented dexterous manipulation. - source: figure.ai
  • Deformable-object manipulation - Research demonstration - 2025-08-12 - Figure AI shows Helix folding laundry as a deformable-object manipulation benchmark - source: figure.ai
  • Fabric smoothing and folding - Research demonstration - 2025-08-12 - Figure showed the same Helix model extending from logistics package reorientation into autonomous laundry folding, a notably harder deformable-manipulation task. - source: figure.ai
  • Home tidying and tool use - Demonstrated - 2026-03-09 - Figure AI's Helix 02 humanoid robot autonomously performed a comprehensive living room cleanup. - source: figure.ai
  • Dishwasher loading - Claimed - 2025-09-03 - Figure demonstrates Helix loading a dishwasher - source: figure.ai

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