Sunday, May 31, 2026
Figure AI signs Catalyst Brands for first retail-logistics humanoid rollout
Figure AI and Catalyst Brands - the parent of JCPenney, Aéropostale, and Brooks Brothers - announced a commercial agreement on May 26 to deploy Figure's next-generation humanoid robots in retail logistics, beginning at the Catalyst Brands Reno, Nevada Distribution Logistics Center. The robots will work alongside associates in the Joey Pouch sorting and induction system, marking one of the first publicly disclosed commercial deals to put humanoids inside a major U.S. retail distribution network and following Figure 03's recent week-long autonomous package-sorting marathon.