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Morning Edition · Friday, July 3, 2026Published at 7:03 AM EDT · New York
BMW puts Figure's humanoid robot on real logistics work at its South Carolina plant
Figure 03 takes on parts sequencing after its predecessor spent nearly a year in the body shop, a measured step for embodied AI in production.
BMW has deployed Figure AI's Figure 03 humanoid at its Spartanburg plant for parts sequencing, in which unsorted components arriving in bulk containers are picked, sorted, and placed into trolleys that are delivered to the assembly line in…
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