Robot

Figure 02

Figure 02
Category
Humanoid [1]
Deployment
BMW Spartanburg plant — sheet metal fitting pilot [2]
Introduced
2024 [1] [3]
Manufacturer
Figure AI [1]

Reviewed product record

Figure 02 — August 2024 generation

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Historical generation. The BMW deployment record below describes Figure 02; Figure 03 specifications are not applied to this model.

Physical

Wiring
Integrated power and communications cabling Figure AI via PR Newswire · Manufacturer claim
Supporting text found

Supporting text: “Integrated wiring”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.

Power

Battery capacity
2.25 kWh custom pack in the torso = 2250 Wh Figure AI via PR Newswire · Manufacturer claim
Supporting text found

Supporting text: “2.25 KWh custom battery pack in the robot torso”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.

Sensing and compute

Sensors
Six onboard RGB cameras Figure AI via PR Newswire · Manufacturer claim
Supporting text found

Supporting text: “6 onboard RGB cameras”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.

Onboard compute
Three times the onboard computation and AI inference of the previous generation Figure AI via PR Newswire · Manufacturer claim
Supporting text found

Supporting text: “3x the computation and AI inference available on-board”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.

Manipulation

Hands
16 degrees of freedom in the fourth-generation hands Figure AI via PR Newswire · Manufacturer claim
Supporting text found

Supporting text: “16 degrees of freedom”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.

Not established in this reviewed record: Height, Weight, Payload, Battery runtime, Speed, Degrees of freedom, Developer access, ROS support, Availability, Price. Missing data does not mean a capability is absent.

Deployment evidence

Historical deployment

Figure 02 → BMW Group

BMW describes Figure 02’s earlier deployment and a successor Figure 03 project. Kept as a historical record; no current Figure 02 fleet is inferred.

Work
Automotive production
Location
Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Payment evidence
Payment undisclosed
Robots reported
Undisclosed
Report date
Record reviewed
  • BMW Group · Customer reportSupporting text found
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Timeline

  1. Why Is Everyone’s Robot Folding Clothes? IEEE Spectrum
  2. Figure will start ‘alpha testing’ its humanoid robot in the home in 2025 TechCrunch
  3. Figure 02 performing tasks autonomously TechCrunch
  4. Face to face with Figure’s new humanoid robot TechCrunch
  5. Figure Unveils Next-Gen Conversational Humanoid Robot With 3x AI Computing for Fully Autonomous Tasks NVIDIA
  6. BMW tests Figure 02 humanoid on production line The Robot Report
  7. Figure 02 Robot Is a Sleeker, Smarter Humanoid IEEE Spectrum
  8. Figure’s new humanoid robot leverages OpenAI for natural speech conversations TechCrunch

Similar robots

Robots in the same category — computed, not sourced.

References

  1. figure.ai — retrieved Aug 5, 2026
  2. therobotreport.com — retrieved Aug 6, 2026
    During a two-week pilot at a plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the new Figure 02 humanoid successfully fitted sheet metal parts into precise fittings for BMW.
  3. spectrum.ieee.org — retrieved Sep 2, 2026
    06 Aug 2024