Dexterity vs Figure AI
A side-by-side comparison of Dexterity and Figure AI, two Robotics tools, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.
Compared from listings verified as of
Figure AI
RoboticsHumanoid robots powered by Helix, an in-house vision-language-action model.
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| Attribute | Dexterity | Figure AI |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Robotics | Robotics |
| Pricing | PAID | PAID |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Deployment | Local | Local |
| Platforms | API | API |
| Model support | Self-contained (on-device) | Self-contained (on-device) |
| Vendor (differs) | Dexterity | Figure AI |
| Capabilities (differs) |
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The honest brief
Dexterity
Its Foresight 'world model for Physical AI' is trained on 100M+ autonomous actions already run in live production warehouses.
- Deployed at FedEx, UPS, GXO today
- Foresight world model drives manipulation
- Tackles hard tasks like truck loading
- Two-armed Mech lifts up to 132 lb
- Enterprise/industrial only, not buyable direct
- Narrow to logistics manipulation
- Hardware capital and integration heavy
Figure AI
Exited its OpenAI deal to own the full stack — Helix runs onboard, so hardware and AI are built end-to-end in-house.
- Proprietary Helix VLA model
- Full-stack hardware + AI
- Real pilots (BMW manufacturing)
- Figure 03 targets the home
- Not a buyable product yet
- Capital-intensive, long timelines
- General-purpose autonomy unproven at scale
When to pick which
Both cover Dexterous manipulation and Robot foundation model.
Pick Dexterity if you need World model and Autonomous navigation.
- World model (secondary capability)
- Autonomous navigation (secondary capability)
Pick Figure AI if you need Vision-language-action and Bipedal locomotion.
- Vision-language-action (primary capability)
- Bipedal locomotion (secondary capability)
Dexterity leans on Dexterous manipulation as a headline capability; Figure AI treats it as secondary.
- Dexterous manipulation (primary capability)