The humanoid robots will be deployed at BMW's manufacturing facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina, which is currently the largest automotive exporter in the United States, employing 11,000 people.

The version of the robot tested by BMW comes with voice communication, cameras, microphones, and sensors. Most importantly, it is equipped with human-scale hands with 16 degrees of freedom per hand.

Those robots mostly look like big multi-axis arms, but a new breed of two-armed, two-legged robots is being tested in car factories. BMW is the latest automaker to try them at its factory in ...

BMW is exploring ways to use Figure’s 5’6, 130-pound humanoid robot in its South Carolina manufacturing facility. Figure ...

BMW Is Experimenting With Humanoid Robots to Speed Up Production Meet the Figure 02, which just passed an employment test at BMW's South Carolina car plant. Published on August 12, 2024.

Aside from monitoring the work, BMW also noted how the robot interacted with its surroundings. The work was dexterous and designed to demonstrate the robot's ability to be both precise and delicate.

Figure today announced a “commercial agreement” that will bring its first humanoid robot to a BMW manufacturing facility in South Carolina. The Spartanburg plant is BMW’s only in the United ...

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. — BMW Manufacturing and Figure AI have entered into a commercial agreement to evaluate the safe use of humanoid robots in an automotive manufacturing environment.

BMW ‘human’ robot gets major upgrade with 400% speed increase as it’s tasked with production line duties Watch as the bots skillfully fly through their tasks Forrest McFarland , Senior News ...

The BMW Group has recently made a significant leap in the realm of automotive production by successfully testing humanoid robots at its Spartanburg plant. In collaboration with Figure, a ...

Jan 18 (Reuters) - Robotics startup Figure said it has signed a partnership with BMW Manufacturing to deploy its humanoid robots in the car maker's facility in the U.S., as more companies turn to ...

BMW is currently developing and testing general-purpose robots that could soon enter its workforce. The robots are being developed in partnership with a company called Figure, based in California. … ...