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Krafton, the maker of PUBG, says it plans to use its experience building AI game teammates to help humanoid robots better understand and interact with people. The move comes as investment pours into humanoid robotics, with companies like Figure and Skild AI recently raising over $1 billion each to develop machines capable of physical work.
Sideshow Collectibles has launched a new collectible figure depicting Regan MacNeil, the possessed girl from The Exorcist. The figure reportedly includes a reference to the demonic entity Captain Howdy as an additional design element.
Figure, the U.S. robotics company, decommissioned its older F.02 humanoid robots by having them jump into a 75-ton vat of molten steel at a foundry in Finland. CEO Brett Adcock said disassembly was impractical due to proprietary technology and limited staff, and crowdsourced the idea on X, where Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested melting them. The robots performed the jump and melt sequence successfully across six melts within a 24-hour window, with the resulting steel bars shipped back to the U.S.
Figure AI retired its F.02 humanoid robot fleet as the newer F.03 fleet scales up, choosing to melt the robots in a 75-ton electric arc furnace at a foundry in Imatra, Finland rather than disassemble them. The company trained the robots in simulation to jump into molten steel using stunt-artist movement data, and Arnold Schwarzenegger took part in the project after suggesting the melting idea online. The robots executed the jumps autonomously during a 24-hour window at the foundry despite extreme heat and electromagnetic interference.
Figure AI released a nearly four-minute promotional video showing its older F.02 humanoid robot units being thrown or made to leap into a vat of liquid steel at a foundry in Imatra, Finland. The video echoes a scene from "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and features Arnold Schwarzenegger. Figure says the robots were trained beforehand to dive off a balcony in test conditions, and the actual filming happened across six melts with only a 20-minute window per melt.
Figure skater Alysa Liu, an Olympic champion, has been included in Fast Company's Best Dressed in Business list for 2026. Liu recalls that as a child she wore practical black leggings and long-sleeve shirts for training, since she was homeschooled and had little need for other clothing.