Figure AI
Robot types: Humanoid, Vision-Language-Action model. Risk band: Low RobotRisk index 14.7/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 4 of 9 among Humanoid robots companies with incidents (229 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record consists of a single entry from November 2025, a whistleblower report describing a Figure humanoid robot gouging a steel door and warning of skull-fracture risk, with severity rated 2 of 5. This is a single-source, press-driven allegation rather than a documented injury event or regulatory finding. The record shows no recall, fatality, or repeat-incident entries to establish a broader pattern.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Humanoid robots (primary), AI stack · Sectors: Research Services, Software Development
Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type.
| Robot type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Humanoid | 100% | 5 of 10 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Figure 01 | Humanoid | early-access | 0 | 0.0 |
| Figure 02 | Humanoid | early-access | 0 | 0.0 |
| Helix | Vision-Language-Action model | research | 0 | 0.0 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| malfunction | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | 21 Nov 2025 | malfunction | — | Whistleblower says Figure robot gouged steel door, warns of skull-fracture risk · 1 unit (test malfunction) | Interesting Engineering |
S2 21 Nov 2025 · malfunction · Whistleblower says Figure robot gouged steel door, warns of skull-fracture risk
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | 21 Nov 2025 | Whistleblower says Figure robot gouged steel door, warns of skull-fracture risk | Interesting Engineering |
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