BMW Industrial PilotUS • 2024Figure 02
Figure AI • United States
« The production-deployed humanoid combining OpenAI neural models and 16 DoF hands. »
Who is this robot built for? (Procurement Verdict)
Notre analyse indépendante basée sur les retours d'ingénieurs terrain, les tests en conditions réelles et les contraintes d'infrastructure.
Ideal Profile & Recommended Use Cases
- ✓Automotive manufacturers and high-volume industrial assembly lines
- ✓Logistics hubs seeking flexible automation without redesigning manual workstations
- ✓Tier-1 enterprises running large-scale embodied AI pilot programs
Key Caveats & Who Should Avoid It
- ✕Individual consumers or small businesses (no retail single-unit sales)
- ✕University research labs without strategic Figure AI partnerships
- ✕Non-industrial installations constrained by a < $100,000 budget
Procurement Reality & Commercial Availability : Comment l'obtenir concrètement ?
Direct Figure AI fleet deployment for enterprise partners (e.g. BMW Spartanburg assembly line).
Field Reality: AI Autonomy vs Teleoperation
Assessment of real-world operational independence versus human supervision.
💡 Synthèse SpecsLib : Pioneering end-to-end neural network (Vision-Language-Action) autonomy for industrial automotive assembly.
Confirmed 100% Autonomous Capabilities
- ✓Millimeter-precision sheet metal placement into fixtures
- ✓Real-time object pose correction via palm-mounted cameras
- ✓Autonomous factory navigation among workers
Tasks Requiring Teleoperation or VR Supervision
- ⚠Demonstration data collection phases for new assembly parts
- ⚠Edge-case anomaly recovery in rare collision scenarios
Cinématique & Moteurs
Subsystem breakdown of degrees of freedom (DoF) and actuation torque.
- Total DoF
- 38 DoF
- Hands & Fingers
- 16 DoF
- Arms
- 12 DoF
- Legs
- 8 DoF
- Torso & Neck
- 2 DoF
- Actuator Type
- Custom integrated torque-dense rotary motors
Capteurs & Calculateurs
Perception cameras, onboard AI compute hardware, and power management.
- Vision Perception
- 6 onboard RGB cameras with 360° visual field
- LiDAR Sensing
- Non (Pure Vision)
- Compute Architecture
- Custom 3x neural compute modules (Helix VLA)
- Embedded AI Model
- OpenAI multimodal Speech-to-Speech + Vision-Language-Action
Énergie & Charge
Capacité du pack lithium et charge utile admissible.
- Battery Pack
- 2.25 kWh
- Endurance Runtime
- ~5 heures
- Total Payload
- 20 kg
- Single Hand Payload
- 5 kg
- Charging Interface
- Autonomous wireless docking & swap
Frequently Asked Questions & Expert Answers : Figure 02
Everything you must know before evaluating or acquiring this platform.
1Can any business purchase a Figure 02 robot?
No, Figure AI does not sell Figure 02 off-the-shelf. The robot is deployed as managed fleet services through major industrial partnerships, such as their flagship contract with BMW Group.
2What makes the hands of Figure 02 unique?
Figure 02 fourth-generation hands feature 16 DoF, tactile sensing arrays on all fingertips, and a palm-mounted camera that provides sub-millimeter visual feedback during grasping.
3How long can Figure 02 operate on a single charge?
Equipped with an integrated 2.25 kWh torso battery pack (+50% capacity over Figure 01), Figure 02 operates for up to 5 continuous hours on an assembly line between charges.
4What AI architecture powers Figure 02?
Figure 02 leverages Vision-Language-Action (VLA) neural networks developed in collaboration with OpenAI, running on an onboard custom compute module delivering 3x the AI inferencing capacity.
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