Source: International Business Times
A woman tries to touch the hand of a humanoid robot by Intern Robotics during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) at the Shanghai World Expo and Convention Center in Shanghai on July 28, 2025. Getty Images A robotics startup working to build machines capable of doing human jobs is hiring people to look after those very robots, offering up to $45 an hour for an overnight position that involves keeping the machines running and stepping in when something goes wrong. Figure AI, a California-based company developing autonomous humanoid robots for factories, warehouses and eventually homes, is recruiting a night-shift coordinator in Santa Clara to supervise its robots and the employees who operate them.
