TL;DR: Figure AI just deployed its second-generation robot to a BMW manufacturing plant in South Carolina.
Figure AI is officially making moves on the assembly line.
The company just shared footage of their Figure 02 humanoid operating inside BMW’s massive Spartanburg facility. This isn’t a tightly controlled lab demo. The robot is actively inserting sheet metal parts into specific fixtures, which requires serious sub-millimeter precision.
What really stands out is the speed. Figure 02 is moving almost twice as fast as its predecessor. They completely redesigned the hands, adding more degrees of freedom and packing in stronger actuators. The robot can now grab complex, oddly shaped car parts without dropping them or throwing off its own balance. Plus, they somehow managed to cram all the wiring internally, so it looks like a finished consumer product rather than a science project.
It’s clear Figure AI isn’t just trying to build a cool robot. They’re trying to build a scalable workforce.