TL;DR: BMW is expanding its humanoid robot testing to its German factories following a successful pilot program in the U.S.
Automakers aren’t just playing around with humanoids for good PR. They’re putting them to work.
After a successful trial run in their U.S. facilities, BMW is now expanding its humanoid robot testing to Germany. This is a massive vote of confidence for the technology. They aren’t just testing these machines in a pristine lab. They are putting them on actual factory floors to handle the dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks that human workers shouldn’t have to do.
The European expansion proves the business case is starting to make sense. If BMW can scale this across their global manufacturing footprint, expect every other major automaker to panic-buy their own fleet of humanoids before the year is out.