TL;DR: Figure AI just finished a massive 10-month pilot with BMW, proving its humanoid robots can handle 10-hour shifts building cars.
Figure AI isn’t just making glossy demo videos anymore. They just wrapped up a 10-month stint at a BMW plant in Europe. Their Figure 02 robots actually worked on the line, helping churn out more than 30,000 BMW X3s.
They pulled 10-hour shifts. Five days a week. It’s the kind of grinding, repetitive work that burns humans out quickly. But Figure proved their machines can keep up the pace without constantly breaking down.
We keep hearing about physical AI entering the real world. This proves it’s already here, running 24/7 without a coffee break.