What AI can now do·Nov 2025·Robotics
Humanoids on a BMW line: 1,250 hours, 90,000 parts, 30,000 X3s built
30,000+ BMW X3Vehicles supported during the pilot
In an 11-month pilot at BMW's Spartanburg plant, Figure 02 humanoids worked 10-hour shifts loading more than 90,000 sheet-metal parts at over 99% placement accuracy on an 84-second cycle, supporting production of more than 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles.
How far it has travelled
Demonstratedshown once, by its developer or a researcher
yes · Nov 15, 2025 · BMW: 30,000+ X3s, 90,000+ components, about 1.2M steps, about 1,250 operating hours; Figure's report adds >99% per-shift placement accuracy, 84 s cycle time, 5 mm tolerance. Figure's own results page could not be fetched; robot count not stated. source
Reproducedshown again by someone else
partial · Jul 18, 2026 · Agility says Digit has 65,000+ operating hours at nine customer sites (company statement); BMW's Leipzig pilot uses Hexagon's AEON; Tesla said in Jan 2026 that Optimus was not in material factory use. source
Accessibleavailable to the public or to customers
partial · Jul 18, 2026 · Factory humanoids are B2B pilots, not products; Unitree shipped about 5,500 humanoids in 2025 (G1 from about $16,000) and targets 10,000-20,000 in 2026. source
Reliableworks most of the time on a defined task
partial · Apr 13, 2026 · One narrow task sustained for about 1,250 hours at >99% accuracy; the forearm was the top failure point and was redesigned in Figure 03; all figures are company-reported. source
Real consequenceshas changed something in the world, for good or ill
yes · Mar 2, 2026 · BMW extended humanoid pilots to Leipzig (test Dec 2025, pilot summer 2026) and moved Figure 03 into logistics sequencing at Spartanburg; no humanoid incidents appear in this index. source
What this could change for you
Humanoids now hold down a narrow, repetitive factory job for months at a time; they are not in homes, and their reliability data is self-reported.
Sources
primary source, second source. Evidence confidence: medium.
A milestone is a dated, sourced result that moved what AI can do; a stage is upgraded only when a source shows it (a reproduction, a public release, production evidence, a documented consequence). “Unknown” is the honest default.
