David McCall
David McCall is the Principal Industrial Designer and Head of Design at Figure AI, the humanoid robotics company. He leads Figure's internal industrial design team, shaping the aesthetics, body language, and human-machine interaction qualities of the company's robot generations, including Figure 01, 02, and 03. Before joining Figure in October 2022, McCall built his career in automotive design at firms including Ford Motor Company, Audi, Faraday Future, and Rivian, where he contributed to vehicle styling and interior design. Figure CEO Brett Adcock has publicly credited McCall as the driving force behind the company's goal of creating robots that feel delightful to be around.
“We have a industrial design team here internally run by David... we want to create something that is really delightful to be around.”
Source→“We have an industrial design team here internally run by David... We want to create something that is really delightful to be around.”
Source→“We have an industrial design team here internally run by David... We want to create something that is really delightful to be around. And it's not just like the way the robot looks or the size of it. It's how it walks and interacts and how it's body language and how the human machine interaction is.”
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