Faraday Future debuts robots, opens sales on $1,990 quadruped

Faraday Future launched what it calls a “full-form EAI Robot World” spanning six product series on June 16, debuting an updated Futurist humanoid robot and a new quadruped robot called FX Navi priced at $1,990, with sales opening immediately.The event, held at the company’s Los Angeles headquarters, also introduced the FF Master Mini and FF Nova robots, and unveiled a “Three-in-One” EAI Robotics Education Ecosystem Strategy alongside an open-source developer platform.New Products Target Education and Consumer MarketsThe FX Navi is positioned as an entry-level quadruped robot designed for families and education, paired with what the company calls the first EAI STEM curriculum in the United States. The company has opened its 3D model files so users can design and 3D-print custom heads for the robot, and plans to deliver ongoing capabilities through over-the-air updates including autonomous following and multimodal perception.The All-New Futurist, described as the 2027 model year, is billed as the first humanoid robot in the United States to natively support NVIDIA Sonic’s full-body motion control system. An upcoming Ultra version will be equipped with NVIDIA’s Jetson Thor chip for enhanced computing performance. The original Futurist, launched earlier this year at $34,990, featured 40 degrees of freedom and three hours of runtime on the Jetson Orin platform.From Electric Vehicles to RobotsThe California-based company, which has struggled with its electric vehicle business, pivoted into embodied AI robotics earlier this year, launching its FF EAI-Robotics subsidiary and beginning deliveries of its first robots in February. In May, Faraday Future secured $25 million in funding with a target of shipping 1,500 robots by year’s end. The company also recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Lynwood Unified School District in Los Angeles for K-12 robotics education programs.What Comes NextFaraday Future plans additional product reveals at Automate, North America’s largest robotics exhibition, running June 22-25 in Chicago. The company will showcase its multi-form robotics lineup at the event, where it is among the exhibitors in the NVIDIA Humanoid Robot Pavilion.#robotics #faraday This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit droids.substack.com