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Figure AI Retires Humanoids After Successful BMW Deployment

11/22/2025

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Figure AI, a California-based robotics company, retired its Figure 02 humanoid robots after an 11-month deployment at BMW’s Spartanburg plant in South Carolina.
The robots helped produce over 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles and logged more than 1,250 hours of runtime with over 99% accuracy.
The retirement signals a move from pilot testing to larger-scale production and informs the development of Figure AI's Figure 03 model.

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Figure AI, a California-based robotics company, retired its Figure 02 humanoid robots after an 11-month deployment at BMW’s Spartanburg plant in South Carolina.
The robots helped produce over 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles and logged more than 1,250 hours of runtime with over 99% accuracy.
The retirement signals a move from pilot testing to larger-scale production and informs the development of Figure AI's Figure 03 model.