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Humanoid Robots Leave the Lab: Foundation Models Push AI Onto the Factory Floor
September 7, 2026

Humanoid Robots Leave the Lab: Foundation Models Push AI Onto the Factory Floor

BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Amazon, and Tesla have begun deploying humanoid robots inside production-grade facilities between late 2024 and mid-2025, marking the first broad commercial move of machines that trained their movements in simulated worlds before entering real assembly lines. The trigger is an AI shift: memory and reasoning models, similar to those used in ChatGPT, are […]

At Humanoid Robots Cross From Lab to Life on BMW's Factory Floor
September 2, 2026

At Humanoid Robots Cross From Lab to Life on BMW’s Factory Floor

Figure AI has deployed its F03 humanoid robot to BMW Group’s assembly plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with the first full shift of commercial operation starting July 17, 2025. The two companies call it the first ongoing, multi-purpose humanoid workforce in U.S. automotive manufacturing, hired to handle repetitive assembly work below a line of workers […]