{"id":13686,"date":"2026-04-16T18:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technophilosoph.com\/2026\/04\/16\/limping-robots-for-security\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:05:33","slug":"limping-robots-for-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technophilosoph.com\/en\/2026\/04\/16\/limping-robots-for-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Limping Robots for Security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preventing falls in a malfunctioning bipedal humanoid is one of the biggest challenges in the field of robot safety. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.figure.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Figure.AI<\/a>, a San Jose-based manufacturer of humanoid robots, is introducing \u201cVulcan\u201d\u2014its new AI-based robot control system that enables the humanoid to remain stable and prevent falls even if up to three actuators in the lower body fail. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this video, Figure.AI CEO Brett Adcock demonstrates what happens to the robot when its knee drive fails. We see the humanoid robot performing its tasks, then noticing the knee failure, stopping its work, and limping to the maintenance station without falling over. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Figure introduces AI controller Vulcan to ensure safety\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xk33nI-_UNg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preventing falls in a malfunctioning bipedal humanoid is one of the biggest challenges in the field of robot safety. Figure.AI, a San Jose-based manufacturer of humanoid robots, is introducing \u201cVulcan\u201d\u2014its new AI-based robot control system that enables the humanoid to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/technophilosoph.com\/en\/2026\/04\/16\/limping-robots-for-security\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Limping Robots for Security<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8770504,"featured_media":13687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[694240505],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-robot-en","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p72hdn-3yK","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/technophilosoph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Figure-AI-Vulcan.png?fit=2000%2C1125&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technophilosoph.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technophilosoph.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technophilosoph.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technophilosoph.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8770504"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technophilosoph.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/technophilosoph.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13688,"href":"https:\/\/technophilosoph.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13686\/revisions\/13688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technophilosoph.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technophilosoph.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technophilosoph.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technophilosoph.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}