{
  "slug": "figure-03",
  "name": "Figure 03",
  "manufacturer": "Figure AI",
  "manufacturer_slug": "figure-ai",
  "category": "humanoid",
  "categories": [
    "humanoid"
  ],
  "primary_industries": [
    "automotive",
    "manufacturing"
  ],
  "primary_use_cases": [
    "machine-tending",
    "material-handling"
  ],
  "generation": "03 (F.03)",
  "release_date": "2025",
  "country": "United States",
  "tagline": "Successor to Figure 02, redesigned around lessons from the BMW line.",
  "summary": "Figure 03 is the next-generation Figure humanoid, revised to address hardware failure points found during the Figure 02 BMW pilot (notably the forearm subsystem). It is the platform Figure is advancing toward broader deployment, but its independent deployment evidence is thinner than 02's precisely because it is newer. A good example of why 'newest' and 'best-evidenced' are not the same thing.",
  "form_factor": "Bipedal humanoid",
  "commercial_status": "pilot",
  "status_note": "Advancing at BMW Spartanburg following the Figure 02 project; broad commercial availability not established.",
  "specs": {
    "height_cm": 168,
    "weight_kg": 70,
    "payload_kg": 20,
    "degrees_of_freedom": null,
    "speed_mps": 1.2,
    "battery_kwh": 2.3,
    "runtime_hours": 5,
    "charging": "Onboard battery; redesigned wiring vs 02",
    "sensors": [
      "RGB cameras",
      "onboard AI compute",
      "microphones"
    ],
    "mobility": "Bipedal walking",
    "end_effectors": "Redesigned dexterous hands",
    "environmental_limits": "Indoor, structured industrial environments"
  },
  "spec_evidence": "demonstrated-unverified",
  "economics": {
    "purchase_price_usd": null,
    "purchase_price_note": "Not publicly disclosed.",
    "price_estimate_low": 100000,
    "price_estimate_high": 150000,
    "price_evidence": "analyst-estimate",
    "raas_monthly_usd": null,
    "raas_note": "No standard published rate.",
    "integration_cost_estimate_usd": 40000,
    "annual_maintenance_estimate_usd": 14000,
    "energy_cost_annual_estimate_usd": 900,
    "useful_life_years_estimate": 5,
    "expected_utilization_pct": 65,
    "economics_evidence": "analyst-estimate"
  },
  "deployments": [
    {
      "customer": "BMW Group",
      "industry": "Automotive manufacturing",
      "location": "Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA",
      "task": "Follow-on production use cases after the Figure 02 project",
      "start_date": "2025-2026",
      "units": "Pilot cell",
      "duration": "Ongoing (as reported)",
      "operating_environment": "Active automotive production line",
      "human_supervision": "Supervised",
      "documented_outcome": "Reported to be advancing new use cases at Spartanburg; independent throughput figures not yet published.",
      "evidence_level": "demonstrated-unverified",
      "source": "BMW Group / trade press",
      "source_url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/bmw-group-deploys-figure-03-humanoid-after-tests-previous-version/",
      "source_date": "2026"
    }
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Figure 03 is being advanced in production use cases at BMW Spartanburg.",
      "evidence_level": "demonstrated-unverified",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "verification_status": "reported; throughput not independently confirmed",
      "source_url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/bmw-group-deploys-figure-03-humanoid-after-tests-previous-version/",
      "source_date": "2026",
      "last_reviewed": "2026-09-04"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://www.therobotreport.com/bmw-group-deploys-figure-03-humanoid-after-tests-previous-version/"
  ],
  "last_reviewed": "2026-09-04"
}