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Figure AI, Inc.Editorial review pending

Figure’s August 2024 launch film shows Figure 02, a historical model whose fleet was later retired. It is distinct from Figure 03 and Helix 02 software.

Video credit: Figure AI, Inc. Watch the original on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Figure 02 marked F.02 standing in a BMW factory workcell, with its feet outside the source composition.

Figure (official source: BMW Group). Figure 02 at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg, August 2024. Historical model. Image source: BMW Group. Image source (opens in a new tab)

Figure 02 is Figure’s second-generation humanoid. BMW reported a completed factory trial in August 2024, followed by a later sheet-metal loading deployment at Spartanburg. Figure began retiring the model in November 2025. On September 30, 2026, Figure said most of the fleet had been decommissioned, with a few units retained at headquarters.123

The job it actually performed

At BMW, Figure 02 took sheet-metal parts from racks or bins and placed them in a welding fixture. Other industrial robots then performed the welding and moved the parts into the main line. This is a useful example of a humanoid fitting into an existing factory process, with a defined task and a clear handoff to other equipment.2

BMW's February 2026 retrospective says the 2025 pilot supported production of more than 30,000 X3 vehicles and handled more than 90,000 components in around 1,250 operating hours. It describes ten-hour shifts from Monday to Friday. Those figures show the scale of the pilot; they do not mean Figure 02 built complete vehicles or ran ten hours on one battery charge.4

BMW says the initial work involved production IT, occupational safety, process management and shop-floor logistics. For anyone comparing a factory demonstration with help at home, that surrounding work matters. The robot's body is one part of a system that includes the task, the environment and people responsible for keeping it running.42

Hands, software and the next generation

The 2024 BMW announcement describes two-legged movement and hands with 16 degrees of freedom each, attributing those specifications to Figure. Figure later credited this generation with early Helix development and household and logistics work. The model helped the company learn beyond its original factory task.13Reported

Figure's deployment account identifies the forearm as its leading hardware failure point at BMW and says that experience informed the Figure 03 wrist-electronics redesign. It also lists placement accuracy and human interventions as measures it wanted to improve. The stated goals of more than 99% placement success and zero interventions per shift are targets, not reported achieved rates.2

Figure said in September 2026 that most Figure 02 robots had been decommissioned and a few remained in storage at headquarters. Its experience on the production line helped inform Figure 03, the next generation. The earlier model remains useful history for understanding what the company learned from a defined industrial job.32

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Sources and notes

  1. 1. BMW Figure 02 trial announcement

    BMW identifies the second-generation Figure 02 in its August 2024 trial announcement. Its 16-degree-of-freedom hand description is attributed to Figure, and applies per hand rather than to the complete robot.Reported

    Evidence checked: 2026-10-25

  2. 2. Figure 02 deployment report

    Figure describes the sheet-metal loading job, its retirement announcement and lessons for the next generation. Ten-hour shifts are not single-charge runtime. Placement success above 99% and zero interventions were targets, not reported achieved rates.

    Evidence checked: 2026-10-25, 2026-10-26

  3. 3. Figure 02 decommission

    On September 30, 2026, Figure said most Figure 02 robots had been decommissioned and a few remained at headquarters. This is a historical fleet status, not an account of every individual unit or an available consumer offer.Inferred

    Evidence checked: 2026-10-25

  4. 4. BMW retrospective on 2025 Figure 02 pilot

    BMW reports more than 30,000 X3 vehicles supported, more than 90,000 parts and about 1,250 accumulated hours in its 2025 pilot. The duration accounts differ: BMW uses ten months and Figure uses eleven. The sources do not establish a common start and end interval.

    Evidence checked: 2026-10-25

  5. 5. Original Helix introduction

    The original Helix article is software history. Its 35-degree-of-freedom action space is not a mechanical whole-body joint count or an exact processor specification for Figure 02.

    Evidence checked: 2026-10-25

  6. 6. Figure 03 at BMW

    The June 2026 BMW account identifies Figure 03 hardware running Helix 02 software. The demonstration concerns logistics sequencing at that site; the software name does not mean Figure 02 hardware.

    Evidence checked: 2026-10-25

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