Deployment
Figure 02 at Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Figure 02 is Figure AI's second-generation general-purpose humanoid robot, successor to Figure 01. Ran the company's flagship production deployment at BMW's Spartanburg plant (since ended). Built for industrial and manufacturing tasks. Features dexterous manipulation, vision-language-action AI (Helix), and bipedal locomotion.
Recent coverage
- Are brain waves the next unlock for physical AI?TechCrunch – AI · 2026-07-26
- Humanoid Robots in 2026: What Is Actually DeployedTechnology.org · 2026-07-18
- Notice Regarding Unauthorized Attempts to Sell Figure StockFigure AI · 2026-07-08
Figure 02 contributed to the production of 30,000 cars at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg over 11-month deployment. Sheet-metal loading pick-and-place task. Full deployment on active assembly line running every working day.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Figure 02 at Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.
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- Trust tier
- Unverifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-27
- Model
- Figure 02
- Company
- Figure AI
- Location
- Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
- Operator
- Figure AI
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2025-01-01
- ID
132d0421-b695-4759-8c5c-b84dbf8df214
Timeline
- Jan 2025First recordedFigure 02 first documented operating at Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.
- Aug 2026Current status: operationalLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
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Figure 02 operates in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (1)
- https://www.figure.ai/news/production-at-bmw · 2025-01-01
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-27
Verification posture
Unreviewed
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Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-27
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: retired
Architectural position
Cohort: humanoid
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
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- REST API: /v1/robots/132d0421-b695-4759-8c5c-b84dbf8df214
- Data documentation: /data
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