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Figure 02 at BMW Plant Spartanburg body shop

Customer

BMW Group

Deployment summary

At a glance

BMW Group described a several-week test run using Figure 02 in the body shop at Plant Spartanburg, where the robot inserted sheet metal parts into special fixtures. The deployment is best treated as a production test case, not proof of broad manufacturing rollout.

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Deployment information

Date of deployment
August 2024
Use case
Automotive Body-Shop Handling
Buyer relevance
High
Country
USA
Robots deployed
n/a

Evidence boundaries

What this deployment proves

What it proves

  • Figure 02 completed a real production test
  • Automotive body-shop tasks are in scope
  • Human-scale workcells can be evaluated

What it does not prove

  • It does not prove scaled deployment
  • It does not prove broad factory autonomy
  • It does not prove procurement readiness alone

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Description

BMW Group described a several-week test deployment of Figure 02 at Plant Spartanburg, focused on inserting sheet metal parts into special fixtures in the body shop.

The use case belongs to automotive body-shop handling because the robot performed a tactile part placement task inside an existing production environment.

For buyers, the case is relevant because it shows how a humanoid robot can be evaluated against real manufacturing constraints such as ergonomics, integration, and task repeatability.

The public description is a test run. It does not by itself establish full production rollout, fleet size, unit economics, or reliable performance across other automotive workflows.

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Sources

Last reviewed
Jun 12, 2026
Publication status
Published
  1. Test Deployment of Humanoid Robots at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg

    BMW Group ยท Aug 14, 2024