Figure AI is a U.S. humanoid-robot company building general-purpose bipedal robots designed to work in human spaces - first on factory floors, and eventually in homes. Its early platform, Figure 01, established baseline capabilities in locomotion, balance, and humanlike manipulation as a foundation for rapid iteration. The current flagship is Figure 02 (often styled “F.02”), a redesigned humanoid aimed at real-world deployment with improved packaging and dexterity. BMW describes Figure 02 as roughly 170 cm tall with about a 20 kg load capacity. Figure reports an 11-month F.02 deployment at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg: after bringing the system up, robots ran 10-hour shifts (Mon–Fri), loaded 90,000+ parts, and contributed to the production of about 30,000 cars.
Alongside hardware, Figure is investing heavily in robot intelligence. In 2025 it introduced Helix, a generalist vision-language-action system intended to unify perception, language understanding, and learned control. Figure describes Helix as producing high-rate continuous control of a humanoid’s upper body - including torso, head, wrists, and individual fingers - to broaden what the robot can do without rigid scripting.
Looking ahead, Figure’s public roadmap highlights Figure 03, described as a general-purpose humanoid “for every day,” reimagined specifically for home use with a softer, more domestic-friendly design. Figure positions Helix as the intelligence behind Figure 03 for navigating unpredictable home environments. In practical terms, Figure’s “currently available” robots remain pre-commercial pilots (especially F.02 in industrial trials), while its future robots center on scaling workforce deployments and evolving the platform toward Figure 03-class home help with more autonomy, safer interaction, and richer manipulation.
