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It gives no operating-hour total, observation window, robot count, task denominator or indication that the collected time was uninterrupted." }, { "id": "HU-R010-C04", "label": "Human teaching mode", "value": "Mercedes-Benz employees transferred production knowledge through teleoperation and augmented reality", "evidence": "operator", "sourceIds": [ "mercedes-apollo-berlin-2025" ], "assessment": "Teleoperation is explicitly part of task teaching. The source does not quantify teleoperated time, supervision, interventions during autonomous execution or how often a person had to recover the robot." }, { "id": "HU-R010-C05", "label": "Autonomy stage", "value": "Mercedes-Benz says the robots are learning to act autonomously at the campus", "evidence": "operator", "sourceIds": [ "mercedes-apollo-berlin-2025" ], "assessment": "This is evidence of an autonomy-development stage, not proof of unsupervised production work. 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The word successfully is a qualitative operator assessment without a published acceptance criterion, duration, unit count or result table." }, { "id": "HU-R011-C02", "label": "Pilot task", "value": "Pick automotive parts and align them in another rack for parts sequencing", "evidence": "operator", "sourceIds": [ "hyundai-atlas-hmgma-poc-2026", "boston-dynamics-atlas-evolution-2026" ], "assessment": "The operator and manufacturer identify parts sequencing as the 2025 application. Neither publishes attempts, completed sequences, cycle time, rejected placements, retries or assisted cycles." }, { "id": "HU-R011-C03", "label": "Autonomy statement", "value": "Hyundai describes the prototype performing autonomous actions in work environments", "evidence": "operator", "sourceIds": [ "hyundai-atlas-hmgma-poc-2026" ], "assessment": "The source does not publish the HMGMA pilot's autonomous-time share, supervision protocol, remote support, intervention boundary or task-success denominator. It is not evidence of unattended production operation." }, { "id": "HU-R011-C04", "label": "Development method", "value": "Reinforcement learning and teleoperated demonstrations were used during 2025 development", "evidence": "manufacturer", "sourceIds": [ "boston-dynamics-atlas-evolution-2026" ], "assessment": "Boston Dynamics describes the wider development process, not the operating mode or number of human assists during the HMGMA pilot." }, { "id": "HU-R011-C05", "label": "Configuration boundary", "value": "The October 2025 HMGMA pilot used the Atlas prototype, not the product model unveiled in January 2026", "evidence": "operator", "sourceIds": [ "hyundai-atlas-hmgma-poc-2026", "boston-dynamics-atlas-product-2026" ], "assessment": "Capabilities and specifications published for the later product model, including its autonomous battery exchange, are not applied retroactively to the tested prototype." }, { "id": "HU-R011-C06", "label": "2026 fleet plan", "value": "Product-version Atlas fleets were scheduled to ship to Hyundai's RMAC during 2026", "evidence": "manufacturer", "sourceIds": [ "boston-dynamics-atlas-product-2026" ], "assessment": "A scheduled shipment is not evidence that units arrived, entered production or reproduced the 2025 pilot result. 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It published no operating hours, output count, downtime, failure count or intervention count, and said no Figure robots remained at the plant after the trial.", "sourceIds": [ "bmw-trial-2024" ], "stateKind": "reconstructed", "recordSlug": "figure-02-bmw", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-04", "disclosures": { "mtbf": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "mttr": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "fleet_size": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "task_output": { "label": "Task described; volume not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "availability": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "autonomy_mode": { "label": "Autonomous execution claimed; share unknown", "status": "manufacturer" }, "interventions": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "runtime_hours": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "energy_operation": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" } }, "limitations": [ "The autonomy wording was attributable to Figure, not a quantified BMW measurement.", "No denominator allowed a reliability or success rate to be calculated." ], "knowledgeAsOf": "2024-08-06" }, { "basis": "Reconstructed from the 2024 BMW trial release and Figure's dated final Figure 02 deployment report.", "facts": [ "Figure reported 1,250+ operating hours and 90,000+ parts loaded.", "Figure described 10-hour shifts from Monday through Friday.", "Figure disclosed that interventions were logged and identified the forearm as the top hardware failure point." ], "title": "Quantified runtime and output appear", "stateId": "HU-R001-H002", "summary": "Figure reported 1,250+ operating hours, 90,000+ parts and an 11-month deployment. The manufacturer also said every intervention was logged and described minimal hardware failures, but published neither count nor rate.", "sourceIds": [ "bmw-trial-2024", "figure-results-2025" ], "stateKind": "reconstructed", "recordSlug": "figure-02-bmw", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-04", "disclosures": { "mtbf": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "mttr": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "fleet_size": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "task_output": { "label": "90,000+ parts", "status": "manufacturer" }, "availability": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "autonomy_mode": { "label": "Described; share unknown", "status": "manufacturer" }, "interventions": { "label": "Logged, count not published", "status": "unknown" }, "runtime_hours": { "label": "1,250+ hours", "status": "manufacturer" }, "energy_operation": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" } }, "limitations": [ "The new totals were manufacturer-reported at this point in the source chronology.", "Scheduled time, downtime, fleet size, intervention count, MTBF and MTTR remained unpublished." ], "knowledgeAsOf": "2025-11-19" }, { "basis": "Reconstructed cumulatively from the 2024 BMW release, Figure's 2025 report and BMW Group's dated 2026 production release.", "facts": [ "BMW confirmed around 1,250 operating hours and more than 90,000 moved components.", "BMW tied the result to ten months and ten-hour weekday shifts.", "Operator corroboration strengthened the provenance of the runtime and output totals." ], "title": "BMW corroborates the headline totals", "stateId": "HU-R001-H003", "summary": "BMW subsequently confirmed approximately 1,250 operating hours, more than 90,000 components and ten months of production support. The numbers moved from manufacturer-only reporting to operator corroboration, while core reliability denominators remained absent.", "sourceIds": [ "bmw-trial-2024", "figure-results-2025", "bmw-results-2026" ], "stateKind": "reconstructed", "recordSlug": "figure-02-bmw", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-04", "disclosures": { "mtbf": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "mttr": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "fleet_size": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "task_output": { "label": "90,000+ parts", "status": "operator" }, "availability": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "autonomy_mode": { "label": "Described; share unknown", "status": "operator" }, "interventions": { "label": "Logged, count not published", "status": "unknown" }, "runtime_hours": { "label": "1,250+ hours", "status": "operator" }, "energy_operation": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" } }, "limitations": [ "The source still did not publish scheduled robot time, downtime, fleet size or intervention frequency.", "The ten-month BMW scope and Figure's earlier 11-month deployment description were not reconciled." ], "knowledgeAsOf": "2026-02-27" }, { "basis": "Correction to HU-R001-H003 after separating the BMW-hosted operator account from autonomy wording attributable to Figure. The runtime and output corroboration is unchanged.", "facts": [ "BMW confirmed around 1,250 operating hours and more than 90,000 moved components.", "BMW tied the result to ten months and ten-hour weekday shifts.", "Operator corroboration strengthened the provenance of the runtime and output totals; autonomy remained manufacturer-reported." ], "title": "BMW corroborates the headline totals", "stateId": "HU-R001-H004", "summary": "BMW subsequently confirmed approximately 1,250 operating hours, more than 90,000 components and ten months of production support. Runtime and output moved from manufacturer-only reporting to operator corroboration; the autonomy description remained attributable to Figure and core reliability denominators remained absent.", "sourceIds": [ "bmw-trial-2024", "figure-results-2025", "bmw-results-2026" ], "stateKind": "reconstructed", "recordSlug": "figure-02-bmw", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-04", "disclosures": { "mtbf": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "mttr": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "fleet_size": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "task_output": { "label": "90,000+ parts", "status": "operator" }, "availability": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "autonomy_mode": { "label": "Claimed; share unknown", "status": "manufacturer" }, "interventions": { "label": "Logged, count not published", "status": "unknown" }, "runtime_hours": { "label": "1,250+ hours", "status": "operator" }, "energy_operation": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" } }, "limitations": [ "The source still did not publish scheduled robot time, downtime, fleet size or intervention frequency.", "The ten-month BMW scope and Figure's earlier 11-month deployment description were not reconciled." ], "knowledgeAsOf": "2026-02-27", "supersedesStateId": "HU-R001-H003" }, { "basis": "Reconstructed solely from Humanoid's dated 15 January 2026 account; Siemens had not yet published its own results statement.", "facts": [ "Humanoid described a two-week on-site POC at Siemens' Erlangen electronics factory.", "The manufacturer reported 60 tote moves per hour and above-90% autonomous pick-and-place success.", "The manufacturer separately reported more than 30 minutes of continuous autonomous execution and uptime exceeding eight hours." ], "title": "Humanoid publishes quantified POC results", "stateId": "HU-R006-H001", "summary": "Humanoid reported a two-week Siemens factory POC, 60 tote moves per hour, above-90% autonomous pick-and-place success, more than 30 minutes of continuous autonomous execution and uptime exceeding eight hours. At this stage, the quantified results were manufacturer-reported.", "sourceIds": [ "humanoid-siemens-poc-2026" ], "stateKind": "reconstructed", "recordSlug": "hmnd-01-siemens-erlangen", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-04", "disclosures": { "mtbf": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "mttr": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "fleet_size": { "label": "1 robot described", "status": "manufacturer" }, "task_output": { "label": "60 moves/h; >90% autonomous", "status": "manufacturer" }, "availability": { "label": "Not derivable", "status": "unknown" }, "autonomy_mode": { "label": "Autonomous task execution", "status": "manufacturer" }, "interventions": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "runtime_hours": { "label": ">8 h reported; scope unclear", "status": "manufacturer" }, "energy_operation": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" } }, "limitations": [ "The source did not define the uptime denominator or observation continuity.", "Attempts, intervention frequency, downtime, MTBF and MTTR were not published." ], "knowledgeAsOf": "2026-01-15" }, { "basis": "Reconstructed cumulatively from Humanoid's January report and Siemens' dated 16 April 2026 press release.", "facts": [ "Siemens confirmed the robot and autonomous tote-handling workflow at its Erlangen factory.", "Siemens repeated the throughput, uptime and autonomous success figures.", "The provenance strengthened even though the numeric values did not change." ], "title": "Siemens corroborates the factory results", "stateId": "HU-R006-H002", "summary": "Siemens confirmed the autonomous tote workflow, 60 moves per hour, uptime exceeding eight hours and above-90% autonomous pick-and-place success. Four tracked fields moved from manufacturer-only reporting to operator corroboration; the missing reliability denominators did not change.", "sourceIds": [ "humanoid-siemens-poc-2026", "siemens-humanoid-2026" ], "stateKind": "reconstructed", "recordSlug": "hmnd-01-siemens-erlangen", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-04", "disclosures": { "mtbf": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "mttr": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "fleet_size": { "label": "1 robot described", "status": "operator" }, "task_output": { "label": "60 moves/h; >90% autonomous", "status": "operator" }, "availability": { "label": "Not derivable", "status": "unknown" }, "autonomy_mode": { "label": "Autonomous task execution", "status": "operator" }, "interventions": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" }, "runtime_hours": { "label": ">8 h reported; scope unclear", "status": "operator" }, "energy_operation": { "label": "Not disclosed", "status": "unknown" } }, "limitations": [ "Operator corroboration does not supply the missing uptime definition or observation window.", "No intervention, downtime, failure or recovery counts were published." ], "knowledgeAsOf": "2026-04-16" }, { "basis": "Reconstructed solely from Fraunhofer IPA's dated October 2025 safety guide.", "facts": [ "Fraunhofer identified one Unitree G1 test robot with Dex3-1 hands.", "The guide reported average peak forces from at least three trials per collision scenario.", "Forward walking collisions were reported at approximately 510 N at the chest and 530 N at the abdomen." ], "title": "Independent safety measurements become public", "stateId": "HU-R005-H001", "summary": "Fraunhofer IPA published collision-force measurements for one Unitree G1 test unit and described the test repetitions and measurement setup. 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