Figure AI

In late June 2026 BMW Group announced it is deploying Figure's third-generation robot, Figure 03, at Plant Spartanburg, South Carolina, moving from the body shop into production logistics. The new use case is complex sequencing — organizing unsorted components — and follows a completed pilot with Figure 02 at the same plant. This makes Spartanburg Figure's flagship reference deployment and its second consecutive generation of robot placed with the same automotive customer.

• BMW Group announced (June 25, 2026) that Figure 03 will start at Plant Spartanburg on complex sequencing applications in production logistics, following the Figure 02 deployment.
• Ulrich Wieland, BMW Manufacturing VP of production control and logistics: the plant 'is the birthplace of humanoid robotics in BMW Manufacturing's operational day-to-day activities.'
• Per BMW, Figure 02 supported production of more than 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles, inserting sheet-metal parts for the welding process — a task requiring high speed and accuracy.
• Figure's own account of the deployment describes an 11-month Figure 02 program: robots delivered and testing begun within 6 months, full deployment on an active assembly line running every working day within 10 months.
• Figure has begun fleet-wide retirement of Figure 02 following the release of Figure 03, with the BMW unit returning to HQ.
• CEO Brett Adcock framed the result as evidence humanoids 'are no longer lab experiments.'