Did you know that a humanoid robot has already participated in the manufacture of thousands of cars? BMW reports that in two thousand twenty-five, Figure Two helped produce more than thirty thousand X-three models. His work was much more precise than this impressive formula. The robot didn’t build an entire car. In a repeated operation, he placed sheet metal parts in a production template. What counts is the correct hold, move and deposit, without dropping the coin or improvising another operation.
BMW’s February review of the two thousand and twenty-six covers a ten-month trial in Spartanburg. The figure describes the cars to which this task contributed. It does not mean thirty thousand cars assembled by a single robot in an empty factory.
The interest is the transition from a demonstration to a repeated industrial task. But this statement does not measure a superiority over humans or a number of jobs replaced. Our illustrated robot is generic: it explains the gesture, without exactly reproducing the Figure Two material.
What we know
The 10-month review is reported by BMW. The robot placed sheet metal parts; contributing to vehicles does not mean building an entire car alone.
To go to the source
References consulted on October 12, 2026.
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