A humanoid robot capable of crushing skulls? Figure AI sued by former executive.

Robert Gruendel, former chief product safety engineer at Figure AI, has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that he was retaliatoryly fired after reporting robot safety risks to Figure AI executives.

The lawsuit claims that the engineer warned the company that its humanoid robots possessed a dangerous capability "capable of crushing a human skull." The report cites a specific incident where a robot malfunctioned and scratched a steel refrigerator door with