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A humanoid on the line - 30,000 cars later

Figure · event date: 19 November 2025Robotics

Figure 02 finished 11 months on a live line at a BMW plant: 1,250+ hours, 90,000+ parts, a contribution to 30,000+ cars. Real work, not a demo.

In short
  • Figure 02 finished about 11 months on a live line at BMW Spartanburg: real 10-hour shifts (November 19, 2025).
  • The numbers: 1,250+ hours of work, 90,000+ parts loaded, a contribution to 30,000+ cars - the X3.
  • 5mm precision in 2 seconds feeding sheet metal; the experience reshaped the wrist on the next Figure 03.
Checked on30 June 2026Responsible editorTsvetelin IvanovHow we workMethod · Corrections

The robot clocks in on the line Monday morning and keeps coming - eleven months, ten-hour shifts, through Friday. Not in a lab. On BMW's live production line in Spartanburg, Figure 02 filed its results.

The numbers: 1,250+ hours of work, loading 90,000+ parts, a contribution to the production of 30,000+ cars - the X3. The task - feeding sheet metal into the welding zone, with 5-millimeter precision in 2 seconds and a goal of zero human interventions per shift. The experience even reshaped the wrist on the next Figure 03 - right where 02 had been failing.

It doesn't matter that a robot stands on the line. What matters is that it's measured like a worker - hours, cycle time, tolerance, number of interventions. That's factory-floor language, not press-conference language.

Humanoids quietly moved from 'watch it walk' to 'watch how many parts it handled'. Judge the robot by the same numbers as a person on shift, and the conversation shifts on you - from whether at all, to where and by how much. And it happened without fanfare - that's exactly where the value is.

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