Roboticist questions Figure's lava robot tests as unrealistic for home safety

MarwaEldiwiny · x · 2026-10-01

Roboticist Marwa Eldiwiny publicly pushed back on Figure's lava-dunk robot testing, arguing automakers crash-test cars because crashes are a real risk, whereas throwing home robots into lava is not a realistic scenario — questioning what safety data such stunts actually collect.

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