The Manhattan humanoid gets a name: Futurist
From the Robots digest for Oct 28, 2026
What happened: A humanoid robot named Futurist strolled through Manhattan on Monday, October 27, drawing a mix of fascination and unease from passersby, per a video report carried on MSN (published October 28, ~4:45 AM ET).
What's genuinely new: A name for the robot whose weekend walks through Brooklyn Bridge Park on October 25 drew the reported $89,000 Faraday Future debut, plus a second borough and a weekday repeat — the machine is running a visible public-roadshow pattern rather than a factory or warehouse deployment.
Watch: Any named deployment, customer, or sale behind the public outings, and investor-day disclosures from the company's newly listed robotics unit.
Sources MSN