HumanoidPilot programmeCurrent generation

Figure AI Figure 03

Third generation of Figure’s humanoid (2025-10-09), redesigned for its Helix vision-language-action model, for the home and for series production at its BotQ plant. It adds palm cameras, fingertip tactile sensors and 2 kW wireless charging through the feet. Since June 2026 it has been sequencing parts at BMW’s Spartanburg plant (US).

Year: 2025
Origin: United States
Autonomy: L3 · Conditional autonomy
Dataset review: 2026-11 · Methodology & evidence levels

What it does, and on what evidence

Five mandatory fields on every sheet. A product page proves neither commercial availability nor full autonomy: here we separate what has been documented from what is announced.

1 · Task

According to Figure, a general-purpose humanoid for the home (tidying, folding laundry, loading the dishwasher, making beds) and for commercial use. At BMW it does logistics sequencing: it picks individual thin-walled parts, places them in the correct slot and pulls a heavy cart down the line.

2 · Autonomy by task

Does on its own

Figure documents autonomous tasks with its Helix model. With Figure 03 explicitly named (January 2026): unscrewing a bottle cap, picking a pill out of a pill box, dispensing 5 ml with a syringe and extracting metal parts from a box, thanks to the palm cameras and tactile sensors. In other posts that do not name the robot model: unloading and loading a dishwasher in a continuous 4-minute task and, with Helix 2.5, tidying living rooms, folding towels and making beds in 30 previously unseen homes, with 56% success on complete trials (September 2026). Figure says the Helix 02 videos are “fully autonomous, not teleoperated”; these are maker results, not independently verified.

A person steps in

In the Helix 2.5 evaluations, if a human intervention was needed for safety the trial was aborted and counted as a failure. Until April 2026, stairs and ramps required hand-tuned mode switches and operator intervention. The fleet is coordinated by Figure’s own management system with over-the-air updates; Figure has not published how often operators intervene at BMW.[Figure AI, 2026][Figure AI, 2026][Figure AI, 2026]

3 · Strongest evidence

Pilot2026-06-30

Figure 03 arrived in Hall 52 of BMW’s Spartanburg plant (US) for a logistics sequencing use case, which Figure presents as its “first demonstration” in a manufacturing environment; it has published no duration, volume or success rate. Earlier, Figure said it had delivered more than 350 units from BotQ (April 2026), allocated to R&D, data collection, housework and commercial use-case development.[Figure AI, 2026][Figure AI, 2026]

4 · Access

Pilot programme

Not sold to the public and no published price. Figure deploys it with partners: BMW and, since May 2026, a commercial agreement with Catalyst Brands for its Reno (Nevada) distribution centre, in which Figure refers to its humanoids without naming the model. Stated goals, not current output: up to 12,000 robots a year on BotQ’s first line and 100,000 over four years.

5 · Lifecycle

Current generation

Current generation. Figure decommissioned the Figure 02 fleet in September 2026 because maintaining it alongside the growing Figure 03 fleet no longer made sense, and mentions the upcoming launch of F.04, with no date.

[Figure AI, 2026][Figure AI, 2025][Figure AI, 2026]

Spec sheet

Manufacturer maxima under declared conditions; not simultaneous. The test condition is shown under each value.

Weight: 61 kg; per Figure’s product page, no conditions; Figure states 9% less mass than Figure 02
Payload: 20 kg; per Figure’s product page, no test conditions
Operating time: 5 h; 5 h per the product page, no test conditions; 2 kW wireless charging by stepping onto a stand, which Figure says enables near-continuous operation
Top speed: 1.2 m/s; per Figure’s product page, no conditions
Height: 1.73 m; 5'8" per Figure’s product page

Primary source quality: Manufacturer / operator

Backed by:[Figure AI][Figure AI, 2025]

Taxonomy profile

Where the platform sits on the four axes of the reference framework.

Autonomy

Conditional autonomy

Makes local decisions on unexpected events; needs occasional remote supervision.

Coordination

Coordinated

Standalone
Coordinated
Collaborative swarm

Shares state and telemetry through a base station or central server.

Control

primary: Learned policy (RL/VLA)

FPV
Teleop
Supervised
BVLOS
RL/VLA

supported: Supervised mission · Learned policy (RL/VLA)

Perception

3 sensing modalities

RGB cameras
Stereo cameras / VIO
Tactile / haptic sensors

Operating environments

Home
Industrial plant
Warehouse / logistics

Sectors

Household & domestic services
Advanced manipulation
Logistics & last mile

Ideal business case

Part sequencing in factories (pilot); household chores (in development)

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Sources for this sheet

How we grade evidence →

1.
Figure 03 — Figure AI
B· Manufacturer / operatorManufacturerCommercial materialDeclaration
Checked against full text · accessed 2026-11-04
Product page: height 5'8"; payload 20 kg; weight 61 kg; runtime 5 h; speed 1.2 m/s; electric system. No test conditions. Says it does household tasks (laundry, cleaning, dishes) “autonomously”; no purchase option or price.
2.
Introducing Figure 03 — Figure AI, 2025-10-09
B· Manufacturer / operatorManufacturerCommercial materialDeclaration
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Third generation: cameras with twice the frame rate, one-quarter the latency and 60% wider field of view; a camera in each palm; tactile sensors detecting 3 g; 2 kW inductive charging through the feet; 9% less mass than Figure 02; UN38.3 battery; BotQ: up to 12,000 robots a year and a goal of 100,000 over four years.
3.
Introducing Helix 02: Full-Body Autonomy — Figure AI, 2026-01-27
B· Manufacturer / operatorManufacturerCommercial materialDemonstration
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4-min dishwasher task “with no human intervention” by “a Figure robot”; dexterity tasks using Figure 03’s palm cameras and tactile sensors (bottle cap, pill, 5 ml syringe, metal pieces). “All videos shown below are fully autonomous, not teleoperated.”
4.
Helix 2.5: Zero-Shot 30-Home Generalization — Figure AI, 2026-09-17
B· Manufacturer / operatorManufacturerCommercial materialMeasurement
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Maker evaluation in 30 unseen Bay Area homes: living-room tidy, towel folding and bed making; 56% success with no partial credit (9% without Index pretraining); criteria fixed in advance; a trial needing human intervention for safety counts as a failure. Does not name the robot model.
5.
Ramping Figure 03 Production — Figure AI, 2026-04-29
B· Manufacturer / operatorManufacturerCommercial materialDeclaration
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Over 350 Figure 03 units delivered from BotQ; from 1 robot per day to 1 per hour; robots allocated to R&D, data collection, housework and commercial use cases; fleet management and OTA updates; previously stairs and ramps required operator intervention.
6.
F.03 Arrives at BMW — Figure AI, 2026-06-30
B· Manufacturer / operatorManufacturerCommercial materialDemonstration
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Figure 03 arrives in Hall 52 of BMW Plant Spartanburg for sequencing: “first demonstration” in a manufacturing environment; it picks thin-walled parts and pulls a heavy cart. No duration, volume or success-rate data; the text is Figure’s, not BMW’s.
7.
Figure Signs Agreement with Catalyst Brands to Scale Humanoid Operations — Figure AI, 2026-05-26
B· Manufacturer / operatorManufacturerCommercial materialDeclaration
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Commercial agreement to deploy “Figure humanoids” in Catalyst Brands’ distribution network, starting at its Reno (Nevada) centre. It names no model and gives no unit numbers.
8.
F.02 Decommission — Figure AI, 2026-09-30
B· Manufacturer / operatorManufacturerCommercial materialDeclaration
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“As our F.03 fleet grows, maintaining the F.02 fleet no longer makes sense”. The fleet was melted at a steel foundry in Imatra (Finland); “Most of the F.02 fleet is gone. Just a few remain in storage at HQ”. Lists its milestones: BMW deployment, birth of Helix, household chores and first logistics deployment.