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What happened
Figure is a company building humanoid robots — machines that walk and work on two legs like a person. This week, the number of robots working at their facility officially passed the number of human employees. It's the first time a major robotics company has crossed that milestone.
Why it matters
The context behind the story.
This is the moment a lot of people have imagined and worried about for decades — the factory floor where robots are the majority. It's not science fiction anymore. As these machines get cheaper and smarter, the question of what this means for human jobs is becoming very real, very fast.
Takeaway
The robots didn't take over — they just quietly became the majority. And nobody threw a party.
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