Figure 02
Figure 02, unveiled on 6 August 2024, added onboard speech, six cameras, 16 DoF hands and three times the compute of Figure 01. It became the first Figure robot to work in a customer plant, at BMW Spartanburg, and the platform for the Helix vision-language-action model. Figure retired it in favour of Figure 03 in late 2025.
We have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. It is not on sale, so there is nothing to recommend.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
What people buy instead.
- Status
- In pilots
- Category
- general purpose
- First revealed
- 6 August 2024
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- 168 cm
- Weight
- 70 kg
- Payload
- 20 kg
- Degrees of freedom
- n/a
- Battery
- 2.25 kWh
- Runtime
- 5 h
- Walking speed
- 1.2 m/s
- Actuation
- electric
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- no
Where it stands
Worked at BMW Spartanburg (2024 to 2025) and in a logistics pilot for an undisclosed customer; superseded by Figure 03 in October 2025.
What stands out
- 16 DoF hands, 2.25 kWh battery, 5 hour runtime
- Helix VLA model announced 20 February 2025
- BMW Spartanburg deployment 2024 to 2025
- Package sorting for an undisclosed logistics customer
Autonomy, observed
Figure reported Figure 02 units loading sheet metal parts at BMW Spartanburg for about 11 months during 2025 and sorting packages in a logistics facility; BMW confirmed the pilot.
Figure says Helix runs fully onboard with no teleoperation; Helix training data was collected with teleoperation.
Hands, sensors, brain
- Hands: five-finger, 16 DoF, human-equivalent strength
- Sensors: six RGB cameras, microphones and speakers
- Compute: onboard Nvidia GPU, three times the compute of Figure 01
- AI stack: Helix VLA model (from February 2025) running onboard
Price and volume
no public price
Index position
In the Humanoid Index, which ranks on shipped reality rather than value for money, Figure 02 sits at #3 of 107 with 56 points: deployment 20/50, autonomy 28/30, availability 8/20. See that method.
Where Figure 02 works.
| Customer | Site | Sector | Task | Since | Status | Units | Autonomy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undisclosed logistics facility, United States | logistics | Package sorting and orientation on a conveyor using the Helix model | Feb 2025 | pilot | n/d | autonomous | |
| BMW Group | BMW Manufacturing, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States | automotive | Loading sheet metal parts into fixtures on the X3 body shop line | Aug 2024 | ended | n/d | autonomous |
Milestones.
Figure announces BotQ, a factory for 12,000 humanoids a year
Figure says its BotQ facility will initially produce up to 12,000 robots a year with a path to 100,000 over four years, using robots to build robots. It positions manufacturing capacity as the next bottleneck.
Figure publishes Helix, a vision language action model for humanoids
Helix runs a slow 7 billion parameter vision language model and a fast 80 Hz control policy on the robot's embedded GPUs and controls the whole upper body, including two robots cooperating on grocery tasks. It is the first humanoid VLA shown handling novel objects from language commands.
Figure ends its collaboration with OpenAI
Brett Adcock announces Figure is exiting its OpenAI agreement because of a breakthrough in fully in house AI. Two weeks later Figure publishes Helix.
Figure unveils Figure 02
Figure 02 has a redesigned exoskeleton body, six cameras, 16 degree of freedom hands, a 2.25 kWh battery, onboard vision language model and speech. Figure says it has been tested at BMW Spartanburg.
Figure signs BMW as its first commercial customer
Figure and BMW Manufacturing agree to deploy humanoids at the Spartanburg plant in South Carolina. It is the first announced automotive customer for a general purpose humanoid startup.
Figure AI: what $39 billion has shown so far
Four rounds, $1,754,000,000 raised, one named customer, no price and no unit count. The record on the most valuable humanoid company, generation by generation.
How a humanoid robot works: actuators, compute, sensors and the model
Of 182 humanoids on record, 178 say what moves the joints and 43 say what computer is inside. The further a layer sits from the metal, the less the maker tells you about it.
How long does a humanoid robot actually run
22 of 182 humanoids on record quote a runtime. The claims run from 1 to 8 hours with a median of 4, and of the 44 machines you can order, 4 say anything at all.
Who is paying for humanoids: 69 funding rounds
Our funding record holds 69 entries. Take out the government funds, the acquisitions and the IPOs and $6.33 billion of disclosed private money remains. 37 percent of it went to companies with no robot on record.
China builds, America demos: what 108 makers tell you
Chinese makers account for 65 of the 182 humanoids in our record and 31 of the 44 you can order. American makers hold the money, the research and most of the autonomy claims, and sell you almost nothing.
The uncanny valley, and why the newest humanoids have no face
Masahiro Mori warned in 1970 that a nearly human face repels. Of the 182 humanoids in our record, four describe one, and none of the four does physical work for a customer.
Other robots by Figure AI.
Figure 01
Figure 01 was Figure AI's first humanoid, shown walking in October 2023 and demonstrated with OpenAI's vision-language model in March 2024. It was 168 cm tall, 60 kg, with a 20 kg payload and five-hour runtime. It established the company and led to the BMW agreement in January 2024.
Figure 03
Figure 03 is Figure AI's third-generation humanoid, unveiled on 9 October 2025 and designed for the home and for volume manufacturing at Figure's BotQ facility. It has soft textile coverings, wireless charging, palm cameras and tactile fingertips, and runs the Helix model onboard. It is the company's first robot designed for mass production rather than hand assembly.
Sources
- 01Figure AIFigure AI
- 02Helix: A Vision-Language-Action Model for Generalist Humanoid ControlFigure AI · 2025-02-20
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