Figure Robotics ramps production
Figure Robotics says it now produces a humanoid every 90 minutes—about 480 units a month—and announced two new commercial customers as it scales toward larger deliveries. The company’s claim points to a shift from prototype runs toward higher‑volume industrial manufacturing. (x.com)
Figure says its California factory now turns out one humanoid robot every 90 minutes as it pushes beyond prototype volumes. (figure.ai) The company’s BotQ plant was introduced on March 15, 2025 with a stated first-generation capacity of 12,000 humanoids a year, or roughly 1,000 a month if fully utilized. Figure said this month it has added two new commercial customers, though it did not name them. (figure.ai) Figure’s first disclosed factory customer was BMW Group, which began testing Figure 02 robots at its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant in September 2024. BMW said the robots were handling sheet-metal parts in a live production environment. (bmwgroup.com) Figure said on November 19, 2025 that its Figure 02 robots had logged more than 1,250 hours at BMW, loaded more than 90,000 parts, and contributed to production of more than 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles. The company also said it was retiring Figure 02 after releasing Figure 03. (figure.ai) Humanoid robots are built to work in spaces designed for people, with stairs, bins, racks, and hand tools instead of custom conveyor systems. That makes factories, warehouses, and logistics sites the first commercial targets, because those sites already have repetitive jobs and fixed safety rules. (figure.ai) Figure has been redesigning the robot itself for faster assembly, replacing slow prototype machining with mass-production methods like injection molding, die casting, metal injection molding, and stamping. In its March 2025 manufacturing post, the company said some parts that once took more than a week to machine could be made in under 20 seconds with steel molds. (figure.ai) The software stack matters too: Figure said BotQ was built with manufacturing execution, product lifecycle, enterprise resource planning, and warehouse management systems to support volume output. The company also said its own robots would be used on the line to help build more robots. (figure.ai) Figure has been raising money and pulling more work in-house to support that push. The company announced a $675 million funding round at a $2.6 billion valuation on February 29, 2024, and Brett Adcock said on February 4, 2025 that Figure was ending its OpenAI collaboration to focus on in-house robot intelligence. (prnewswire.com) (techcrunch.com) The next test is whether Figure can turn factory output into sustained deliveries. A robot every 90 minutes is a manufacturing claim; repeat orders, named customers, and long runtimes on customer floors will show whether the line is becoming a business. (figure.ai)
