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Figure 03
Courtesy of Figure AI · Press kit, editorial use (opens figure.ai)

Figure 03

by FigureUS

DeployStage 4 of 5

In volume production at BotQ. Working at BMW Spartanburg and other customer sites.

Updated 30 Jun 2026Checked 25 Sep0 updates this week

Milestones

Next · Scale multi-site fleet deployments
  1. Figure 01 revealedMar 2023Complete.
  2. Commercial agreement with BMW Manufacturing18 Jan 2024Complete.
  3. Figure 02 unveiled6 Aug 2024Complete.
  4. Figure 03 unveiled9 Oct 2025Complete.
  5. Figure 02 retired from BMW after ~11 months, 30,000+ cars19 Nov 2025Complete.
  6. 350+ Figure 03 units delivered29 Apr 2026Complete.
  7. Figure 03 arrives at BMW Spartanburg for parts sequencing30 Jun 2026Complete.
  8. Scale multi-site fleet deploymentsNowCurrent milestone.

Most important updates

  • 30 Jun 2026
  • 26 May 2026
  • 19 Nov 2025
  • 9 Oct 2025
  • 18 Jan 2024

Upcoming

  1. 2027BotQ's first line approaches its 12,000-robot annual design capacity (next)

Current obstacles

  • Skilled hands at factory speedSmall screws, cables and floppy parts are still hard at factory speed. Success drops on new parts without more training data.
  • Runtime versus weightBatteries limit shift length. Each extra kilo of battery costs strength and safety margin, so charging plans matter.
  • Cost at scaleA humanoid must cost about what a worker costs per year. Cheaper parts help, but making them reliably at volume is unproven.

Physics limits

  • Batteries cap the shiftLithium-ion cells store roughly 250 Wh per kg. A walking humanoid draws hundreds of watts, so a few hours of work needs several kilos of battery, and every extra kilo costs energy to carry.
  • Electric motors are weak for their weight at low speedMotors spin fast but make little torque, so each joint needs a gearbox that multiplies force 10 to 100 times. Gearing adds friction, backlash and fragility when the robot bumps into things.
  • Heat limits sustained strengthMotor heating grows with the square of the current. A joint can hit peak torque briefly, but holding heavy loads all shift overheats the windings unless the motor is oversized.

How it works

4 parts
Figure's torso batteries, left to right: Figure 01, 02 and 03 (2.3 kWh), opened in the middle to show cells and control boards
Figure's torso batteries, left to right: Figure 01, 02 and 03 (2.3 kWh), opened in the middle to show cells and control boardsCourtesy of Figure AI · Press kit, editorial use (opens figure.ai)
Body

Electric joints, lighter frame

Electric actuators move the joints, 2x faster than Figure 02's. The body is 9% lighter and wrapped in soft, washable fabric.

Hands

Touch and palm vision

Fingertips feel about 3 grams of force. Palm cameras see inside the grip, so the robot can notice things slipping.

Brain

Helix onboard

A slow AI model plans. A fast one moves the joints 200 times a second. Helix 02 adds whole-body control, so it can work while stepping.

Power

Battery and wireless charging

A torso battery powers it. Coils in the feet charge at 2 kW when it stands on a pad, so no one has to plug it in.

Spec sheet

vs Figure 02
SpecFigure 03Figure 02Change
Mass vs Figure 029% lowerR (reported)——no comparable change
Weight~64 kgE (estimated)70 kg▼ 6 kg
Fingertip sensitivity~3 gR (reported)——no comparable change
Wireless charging2 kW inductive, through the feetR (reported)Cable dock—no comparable change
Camera frame rate2x Figure 02R (reported)——no comparable change
Camera latency1/4 of Figure 02R (reported)——no comparable change
Field of view per camera60% widerR (reported)——no comparable change
Data offload10 Gbps mmWaveR (reported)——no comparable change
Hand DoF16 per hand (Figure 02)R (reported)——no comparable change

R reported by the company · E our estimate

Papers & demos

1 item
  1. 25 Mar 2025blog
    Natural humanoid walk using reinforcement learning (opens figure.ai)A walking skill trained only in simulation worked straight away on a fleet of real robots.

Update log

5 updates

Tue 30 Jun

  • Major: BlogCommercial

Tue 26 May

  • Minor: BlogCommercial

Wed 19 Nov 2025

  • Major: BlogCommercial

Thu 9 Oct 2025

  • Major: BlogHardware

Thu 18 Jan 2024

  • Major: PressCommercial

About Figure

The team behind Figure 03

Figure

Humanoids, Helix AI, BotQ factory

Figure builds electric humanoid robots and Helix, the AI that controls them. Founded in 2022 by Brett Adcock, its robots work at BMW's Spartanburg plant, and in 2026 its BotQ factory built about 1 robot per hour.

  • Figure 02 worked about 11 months at BMW Spartanburg. Figure 03 arrived there in June 2026.
  • All its AI is in-house: Helix (Feb 2025), Helix 02 (Jan 2026) and Helix 2.5 (Sep 2026).
  • BotQ went from 1 robot a day (Jan 2026) to 1 an hour (Apr 2026). First line: 12,000 robots a year.

figure.ai (opens figure.ai)Company profile →

Founded
20224 yrs
Headquarters
United States
Status
Private
Valuation
$39BprivateSep 2025
Staff
~600Jan 2025
Raised
$1.7B3 rounds
Last round
Series C · $1B16 Sep 2025$39B post
Works in
RoboticsHumanoidsAIManufacturing
Coverage
3 programs · 15 updateslatest 23d agochecked 25 Sep
Lead investors
Parkway Venture Capital
Customers
BMW Group (opens bmwgroup.com)Catalyst Brands (opens catalystbrands.com)
Partners
Brookfield (opens brookfield.com)OpenAI
Investors
NVIDIA
Suppliers
Nscale (opens nscale.com)
People
Brett Adcock (opens en.wikipedia.org)Founder & CEOCorey Lynch (opens coreylynch.github.io)Head of AI (Helix)
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