HumanoidUptime
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HU-R001 / v1 / deployment audit

Figure 02 × BMW

Operator corroborated

The strongest quantified public humanoid production record in this initial review, with cumulative runtime and task output confirmed by both the robot maker and the site operator.

Automotive productionSpartanburg, USACompletedFirst published 2026-09-03Last modified 2026-09-04Evidence reviewed 2026-09-04
1,250+runtime hours
90k+parts loaded
10 mo.operator-reported period

Evidence verdict

Established. Claimed. Unknown.

EstablishedOperator or independent evidence
ClaimedManufacturer or capability claim
Still unknownNo qualifying public value
  • Measured availability
  • Human intervention rate
  • MTBF and MTTR
  • Exact fleet size in the reviewed results

Audit conclusion

BMW corroborates 1,250 operating hours and 90,000 parts, but those totals have no scheduled-time, downtime or fleet denominator. BMW describes ten months of production support while Figure calls the broader program an 11-month deployment; the sources do not reconcile those scopes. Failure counts, intervention rate, MTBF, MTTR and measured availability remain unpublished.

01 / Disclosure

The public reliability record

Runtime hours 1,250+ hours
Availability / uptime Not disclosed
Human interventions Logged, not published
MTBF Not disclosed
MTTR Not disclosed
Task output 90,000+ parts
Energy / charging Not disclosed
Autonomy mode Described; share unknown
Fleet size Not disclosed
Independently measured Operator corroborated Manufacturer reported Capability claim Not disclosed

02 / Claims audit

Claim by claim

Runtime Operator corroborated

1,250+ operating hours

The cumulative operating-hour total is corroborated by BMW Group and Figure AI. Neither source publishes scheduled robot time, downtime, the unit-level distribution or the exact fleet denominator.

Sources: bmw-results-2026, figure-results-2025
Task output Operator corroborated

90,000+ sheet-metal parts; contribution to 30,000+ BMW X3 vehicles

Output is corroborated, but attempts, rejected cycles, retries and human-assisted cycles are not separated.

Sources: bmw-results-2026, figure-results-2025
Operating pattern Operator corroborated

10-hour shifts, Monday through Friday

A nominal shift pattern is disclosed, but neither source states that every robot was scheduled for every shift or publishes downtime; availability cannot be derived.

Sources: bmw-results-2026, figure-results-2025
Observation-period boundary Operator corroborated

BMW reports ten months; Figure describes an 11-month deployment

BMW ties the production contribution to ten months. Figure describes an 11-month deployment, says full deployment launched within ten months and separately cites six months of daily runtime. The public sources do not define a single common start date or explain the scope difference.

Sources: bmw-results-2026, figure-results-2025, bmw-figure03-2026
Hardware reliability Manufacturer reported

“Minimal hardware failures”; forearm identified as top hardware failure point

Qualitative manufacturer statement without counts, severity, repair time or denominator.

Sources: figure-results-2025
Human intervention Manufacturer reported

Every intervention was logged

The existence of logs is disclosed; the number and definition of interventions are not.

Sources: figure-results-2025
Autonomy boundary Operator corroborated

Production task described as autonomous; autonomous-time share not published

BMW's initial trial account describes autonomous execution and Figure defines human pauses or resets as an intervention KPI. Neither party publishes the proportion of runtime that was autonomous, supervised, paused or under recovery.

Sources: bmw-trial-2024, figure-results-2025

03 / Timeline

What changed, and when

  1. BMW reports a multi-week production trial

    Figure 02 inserts sheet-metal parts into fixtures in the Spartanburg body shop.

    bmw-trial-2024

  2. Production deployment

    BMW later reports ten months of production contribution; Figure calls the wider program an 11-month deployment and separately cites six months of daily runtime.

    bmw-results-2026, figure-results-2025

  3. Figure publishes final deployment results

    Figure 02 returns to headquarters as part of the fleet-wide retirement of the model.

    figure-results-2025

  4. BMW announces successor project

    Figure 03 begins a new logistics sequencing project at the same plant.

    bmw-figure03-2026

04 / Source ledger

Review the evidence

  1. bmw-trial-2024Operator statement

    Successful test of humanoid robots at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg ↗

    BMW Group · Published 2024-08-06 · Accessed 2026-09-04

  2. figure-results-2025Manufacturer statement

    F.02 Contributed to the Production of 30,000 Cars at BMW ↗

    Figure AI · Published 2025-11-19 · Accessed 2026-09-04

  3. bmw-results-2026Operator statement

    BMW Group first to deploy humanoid robots in production in Germany ↗

    BMW Group · Published 2026-02-27 · Accessed 2026-09-04

  4. bmw-figure03-2026Operator statement

    BMW Group advances the use of Physical AI in production with Figure 03 project in Spartanburg ↗

    BMW Group · Published 2026-06-25 · Accessed 2026-09-04

Last editorial review2026-09-04

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