First lady Melania Trump arrives, accompanied by a robot, to attend the "Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit," with other first spouses, at the White House, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. From left are Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, of Sierra Leone, Martha Nawrocka of Poland, Brigitte Macron of France and Melania Trump. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
First lady Melania Trump arrives, accompanied by a robot, to attend the "Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit," with other first spouses, at the White House, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. From left are Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, of Sierra Leone, Martha Nawrocka of Poland, Brigitte Macron of France, Melania Trump, Her Royal Highness Lalla Hasnaa of Morocco and Her Highness Sheikha Alyazia bint Saif Al Nahyan of the UAE. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
First lady Melania Trump arrives, accompanied by a robot, to attend the "Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit," with other first spouses, at the White House, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
First lady Melania Trump arrives, accompanied by a robot, to attend the "Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit," with other first spouses, at the White House, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. From left are Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, of Sierra Leone, Martha Nawrocka of Poland, Brigitte Macron of France and Melania Trump. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
First lady Melania Trump arrives, accompanied by a robot, to attend the "Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit," with other first spouses, at the White House, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. From left are Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, of Sierra Leone, Martha Nawrocka of Poland, Brigitte Macron of France, Melania Trump, Her Royal Highness Lalla Hasnaa of Morocco and Her Highness Sheikha Alyazia bint Saif Al Nahyan of the UAE. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
First lady Melania Trump speaks during a "Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit," with Brigitte Macron, France, left, and Princess Lalla Hasnaa, Morocco, right, at the White House, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
First lady Melania Trump speaks during a "Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit," with other first spouses, at the White House, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 Melania Trump often commands the attention of any room she enters but all eyes 鈥 and cameras 鈥 were trained on her humanoid companion on Wednesday.
The robot accompanied the first lady to the White House East Room for the she had convened with counterparts from around the world through her Fostering the Future Together global initiative. The group has been discussing ways to empower children using education, innovation and technology, including artificial intelligence.
Melania Trump and the humanoid walked slowly side by side along the red carpet from the opposite end of the hallway. The first lady paused just before entering the East Room while the robot walked around the table with the panelists and took up a position in the center of the room.
It took a moment to scan the audience before speaking.
鈥淭hank you, first lady Melania Trump, for inviting me to the White House. It is an honor to be at Fostering the Future Together's global coalition inaugural meeting," it said.
鈥淚'm Figure 03, a humanoid built for the United States of America,鈥 it continued. 鈥淚 am grateful to be part of this historic movement to empower children with technology and education."
鈥淲elcome,鈥 it said before offering similar greetings in 10 other languages. The robot then thanked everyone and retraced its steps back down the red carpet.
The first lady thanked the robot for joining her, adding: 鈥淚t's fair to state, you are my first American-made humanoid guest in the White House.鈥
The startup robotics company Figure AI, based in Sunnyvale, California, introduced Figure 03 in October 2025 as its third-generation humanoid robot for people to use at home for help with such household tasks as laundry, cleaning and washing dishes, according to its website and company literature.
CEO Brett Adcock said on social media he was 鈥減roud to see F.03 make history as the first humanoid robot in the White House.鈥
The startup is competing with others, including Boston Dynamics and Elon Musk鈥檚 Tesla, as well as a number of companies in China, in building robots that look human-like and do some of the things that people do.
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Associated Press writer Matt O'Brien in Providence, R.I., contributed to this report.
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