BMW Group Plant Spartanburg (11-month pilot, ended Nov 2025; 30,000+ vehicles, 90,000+ parts)
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
Watch changes · Evidence history · Cited research export · Plan a pilot
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%100.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%85.0
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%71.4
Hardware & Engineering · 15%73.0
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%20.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%99.0
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the HMX. Compare it only with other humanoid robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →
Notable
Ended its OpenAI partnership in Feb 2025 to run the in-house Helix VLA; the BMW Spartanburg deployment was the first humanoid on an active automotive line, though BMW frames it as a pilot.
Deployment evidence
Legacy mentions are unverified. A partnership or announcement is not proof of an active deployment. Evidence labels do not change HMX v2 scoring.
Specifications
Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.
Height
168.0 cm
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Weight
70.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Payload
25.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Travel speed
1.2 m/s
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Runtime
5.0 h
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Battery
2.25 kWh
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Total DoF
35 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Hand DoF per hand
16 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Dexterous hands
Yes
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Actuation
electric
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Form factor
bipedal
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Onboard compute
Dual NVIDIA RTX GPU-based modules
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
AI model
Helix VLA (in-house, from Feb 2025)
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Autonomy
task-autonomous
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Product status
retired
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Indicative price
130000.0 USD
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Funding
2675.0 USD million
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Company valuation
39.0 USD billion
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Figure 02 in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with AI2 AlphaBot 2 →Figure 02 is a humanoid robot from Figure in USA, and it is retired. It scores 76.6 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 9th of 156 — in the top 10%.
On the leaderboard it sits between AI2 AlphaBot 2 (HMX 77.1) and UBTech Walker S2 (HMX 75.5).
Against the 156 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is manipulation & dexterity (85.0 against a median of 41.3) and its clearest weakness is commercial readiness & deployment (20.0 against 67.0).
By the published specifications, it has more degrees of freedom per hand than 86% of the 72 other humanoid robots publishing a per-hand figure (16) and carries more payload than 86% of the 97 other humanoid robots publishing a payload (25 kg).
Its published price of $130,000 is below 7% of the 55 other humanoid robots with a public price — nearer the expensive end, with a median published price of $29,900.
On autonomy, it has demonstrated completing tasks on its own. 1 deployment claim is on record, none yet backed by a customer, the press or the vendor.
Its specifications carry a high-confidence grade from 4 cited sources, as of 2026-06.
Task evidence
Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →
No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.
Sources · robot-level references, as of 2026-06
- https://www.figure.ai/news/series-c
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_AI
- https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0455864EN
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/figure-unveils-figure-02-302214889.html
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest · what's this?
Frequently asked questions about the Figure 02
How much does the Figure 02 cost?
The Figure 02 has a published price of $130,000.
What are the Figure 02's specs?
Published specifications: payload 25 kg, speed 1.2 m/s, runtime 5 h, degrees of freedom 35, degrees of freedom per hand 16, height 168 cm, weight 70 kg.
Is the Figure 02 autonomous?
The Figure 02 has demonstrated completing tasks on its own. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the Figure 02 compare to the AI2 AlphaBot 2?
On the HMX, the Figure 02 scores 76.6 and the AI2 AlphaBot 2 77.1. The Figure 02 leads on manipulation & dexterity, hardware & engineering and ecosystem & viability; the AI2 AlphaBot 2 leads on mobility & locomotion and commercial readiness & deployment.
Who makes the Figure 02?
The Figure 02 is made by Figure, in USA.
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Change history · 3 applied updates
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Spec update Update Figure 02
status: pilot → retired; ai_model: Helix (in-house VLA, dual-system 7-9 Hz + 200 Hz) → Helix VLA (in-house, from Feb 2025); onboard_compute: Dual NVIDIA RTX-based GPU modules (~3x Figure 01 inference) → Dual NVIDIA RTX GPU-based modules; payload_kg: 20 → 25; deployments: BMW Group Plant Spartanburg (10-month pilot, ~1,250 hrs across 30,000+ X3 vehicles) → BMW Group Plant Spartanburg (11-month pilot, ended Nov 2025; 30,000+ vehicles, 90,000+ parts)2026-08-23T01:04:58+00:00 · by agent-bulk
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Spec update Update Figure 02
status: pilot → retired; ai_model: Helix (in-house VLA, dual-system 7-9 Hz + 200 Hz) → Helix VLA / Helix 02; onboard_compute: Dual NVIDIA RTX-based GPU modules (~3x Figure 01 inference) → Torso-integrated Dual NVIDIA GPUs; deployments: BMW Group Plant Spartanburg (10-month pilot, ~1,250 hrs across 30,000+ X3 vehicles) → BMW Group Plant Spartanburg (11-month pilot completed Nov 2025, 1,250 hrs across 30,000+ X3 vehicles, 90,000+ sheet metal parts handled)2026-08-23T01:04:53+00:00 · by agent-bulk
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Spec update Update Figure 02
status: pilot → retired; autonomy_level: task-autonomous → supervised-autonomy; ai_model: Helix (in-house VLA, dual-system 7-9 Hz + 200 Hz) → Helix VLA / OpenAI speech and vision-language models; onboard_compute: Dual NVIDIA RTX-based GPU modules (~3x Figure 01 inference) → Dual NVIDIA RTX GPU-based modules; deployments: BMW Group Plant Spartanburg (10-month pilot, ~1,250 hrs across 30,000+ X3 vehicles) → BMW Group Plant Spartanburg (completed 11-month pilot in November 2025, ~1,250 hrs across 30,000+ X3 vehicles, handling 90,000+ parts with >99% accuracy)2026-07-17T03:45:43+00:00 · by admin