Figure AI Timeline

Events

• 2026-09-03 - Partnership - Figure selects Nscale as preferred compute provider - The agreement includes an initial $3.5 billion compute commitment and an intent to scale beyond $6 billion. The potential deployment covers up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs, with initial capacity targeted for Barstow, Texas, from the second half of 2027.… - source: figure.ai
• 2026-08-25 - Product Launch - Figure launches Index physical-data collection platform - Index launched with 264,000 downloads across 108 countries, 44,000 weekly active users and more than 16 million uploaded videos. Figure says the pipeline processes 30 minutes of video per second and has paid contributors more than $15 million. The company… - source: figure.ai
• 2026-07-23 - Production Milestone - Figure manufactures 1,000th Figure 03 humanoid at BotQ - The milestone unit used a commemorative gold finish rather than the standard Figure 03 livery. BotQ output increased from roughly 350 units in late April to 1,000 in about three months after reaching a cadence of one robot per hour. Figure 03 was designed… - source: theroboticsmedia.com
• 2026-07-11 - Production Milestone - Figure BotQ completes 1,000th F.03 EVT battery pack - BotQ completed its 1,000th EVT battery pack for the F.03 humanoid robot. Figure manufactures the battery system in-house at BotQ in California. The milestone followed Figure's April report of more than 500 shipped battery packs and 99.3 percent first-pass… - source: x.com
• 2026-06-30 - Demonstration - Figure 03 demonstrates adaptive parts sequencing at BMW Plant Spartanburg - Helix 02 coordinated the robot’s hands, arms, torso and feet as it picked thin-walled parts, corrected for changing poses and placed each item into the required slot. The workflow combined precise bimanual handling with whole-body motion, including… - source: figure.ai
• 2026-06-25 - Deployment - BMW Group starts Figure 03 humanoid project at Plant Spartanburg - Figure 03 will pick up unsorted delivered components and sort them into a sequencing trolley for onward transport. BMW said the use case supports just-in-sequence delivery of parts to assembly employees. The project follows a Figure 02 deployment in which… - source: press.bmwgroup.com
• 2026-05-26 - Partnership - Figure signs Catalyst Brands agreement for humanoid logistics deployment - Figure announced an agreement with Catalyst Brands to deploy Figure humanoids into its distribution and logistics network. The initial deployment starts at Catalyst's Reno, Nevada Distribution Logistics Center, focused on physically demanding supply-chain… - source: figure.ai
• 2026-05-08 - Demonstration - Figure demonstrates Helix 02 bedroom tidy task with humanoid robot - Figure published an official Helix 02 bedroom-tidy demo showing its humanoid system performing a household soft-object manipulation task. The demo expands Figure's home-task evidence beyond rigid object handling into bedroom organization and bed-related… - source: figure.ai
• 2026-04-16 - Capability - Figure introduces Vulcan controller enabling actuator fault tolerance in Figure 03 - Brett Adcock introduced Vulcan as a new AI robot controller. The controller allows Figure 03 to lose up to three lower-body actuators and continue moving without falling. The update adds fault tolerance to lower-body locomotion in Figure 03. - source: x.com
• 2026-03-25 - Demonstration - Melania Trump presents Figure 03 humanoid robot at White House education summit - • First Lady Melania Trump hosted the final day of the 'Fostering the Future Together' summit at the White House. • She introduced Figure 03, a humanoid robot developed by Figure AI, which accompanied her along the red carpet and delivered a multilingual… - source: apnews.com
• 2026-03-09 - Demonstration - Figure AI's Helix 02 Robot Demonstrates Autonomous Home Cleanup - • Figure AI's Helix 02 humanoid robot autonomously performed a comprehensive living room cleanup. • The robot sprayed and wiped a table, collected and organized toys, straightened cushions, and turned off the television. • This demonstration showcased Helix… - source: figure.ai
• 2026-02-22 - Deployment - Figure AI Deploys Humanoid Robots at New Sunnyvale Headquarters - Figure AI's Sunnyvale headquarters now operates a fleet of seven Figure 03 robots autonomously. The facility has expanded to five buildings, reflecting rapid growth. Figure 03 robots utilize 2 kW wireless inductive charging for continuous operation. - source: humanoidsdaily.com
• 2026-02-22 - Demonstration - Figure demonstrates humanoids at new Sunnyvale headquarters - Figure demonstrated humanoid systems at its new Sunnyvale headquarters. The company framed the activity around headquarters move-in, engineering integration and capability demonstrations. The milestone shows Figure using its own facility as a proving ground… - source: humanoidsdaily.com
• 2026-01-27 - Product Launch - Figure introduces Helix 02 full-body autonomy model - Helix 02 extends Figure's autonomy stack for full-body robot control. The update focuses on robust task execution in dynamic real-world settings. - source: figure.ai
• 2025-11-21 - Regulatory - Figure AI Sued by Former Safety Head Over Robot Injury Risks - Former Head of Product Safety, Robert Gruendel, filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination after raising safety concerns about Figure AI's humanoid robots. Gruendel claimed the robots could generate forces sufficient to fracture a human skull and cited an… - source: humanoidsdaily.com
• 2025-11-19 - Deployment - Figure 02 contributes to 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles at Plant Spartanburg - Figure reported an 11-month Figure 02 deployment at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg. The robots ran 10-hour weekday shifts, logged more than 1,250 runtime hours, and loaded more than 90,000 parts. Figure said the deployment contributed to production of more than… - source: figure.ai
• 2025-10-09 - Product Launch - Figure AI Unveils Figure 03 Humanoid Robot for Home and Commercial Use - Figure 03 features a redesigned sensory suite and hand system optimized for Helix, Figure's proprietary vision-language-action AI. The robot incorporates safety-focused design elements, including soft materials and multi-density foam coverings, making it… - source: figure.ai
• 2025-09-18 - Research Publication - Figure AI launches Project Go-Big for internet-scale humanoid pretraining - Figure announced Project Go-Big as a large-scale humanoid pretraining initiative built around egocentric human video collected across Brookfield environments. The company says Helix achieved zero-shot human-video-to-robot transfer for navigation tasks and… - source: figure.ai
• 2025-09-17 - Partnership - Figure partners with Brookfield on humanoid data, infrastructure and deployment pathways - Figure announced a strategic partnership with Brookfield, which it described as a major real-world environment partner for humanoid scale-up. The partnership covers real-world humanoid pretraining data, AI infrastructure for Helix and robotic training… - source: figure.ai
• 2025-09-16 - Funding - Figure exceeds $1B in Series C commitments at $39B valuation - Parkway Venture Capital led the financing, with Brookfield Asset Management, NVIDIA, Macquarie Capital and Intel Capital among the participants. Figure tied the capital to scaling Helix, expanding BotQ manufacturing and deploying humanoid robots in homes and… - source: figure.ai
• 2025-09-03 - Demonstration - Figure demonstrates Helix loading a dishwasher - Helix learned to singulate stacked plates and load them in order. The system picked up a glass with one hand, reoriented it and placed it in the rack with the other. Figure reported that Helix adapted to messy starting configurations and recovered from… - source: figure.ai
• 2025-08-13 - Production Milestone - Figure AI Produces 100th F.03 Battery Pack at BotQ Facility - Figure AI has manufactured its 100th F.03 battery pack at the BotQ facility. The F.03 battery features a 2.3 kWh capacity, enabling 5 hours of runtime at peak performance. The battery includes a custom Battery Management System (BMS) to maintain health and… - source: humanoidsdaily.com
• 2025-08-12 - Research Publication - Figure AI shows Helix folding laundry as a deformable-object manipulation benchmark - Figure showed the same Helix model extending from logistics package reorientation into autonomous laundry folding, a notably harder deformable-manipulation task. The company frames laundry as a difficult benchmark because towels constantly change shape and… - source: figure.ai
• 2025-07-17 - Capability - Figure introduces F.03 battery system for next-generation humanoid platform - Figure presented its F.03 battery architecture as a core technology step for its next-generation humanoid platform. The company said the battery delivers 2.3 kWh capacity, 2 kW fast charging, and a 78 percent cost reduction versus F.02. Figure also said the… - source: figure.ai
• 2025-06-07 - Research Publication - Figure AI scales Helix logistics performance toward human-level throughput - Helix expanded from rigid boxes to poly bags and padded envelopes while reducing average handling time and improving barcode orientation success. The gains came from a larger demonstration dataset and architecture changes including vision memory, state… - source: figure.ai
• 2025-04-28 - Market Signal - Figure AI received 53,609 job applications this year, a ~5x increase YoY - • Figure AI received 53,609 job applications this year, a nearly fivefold increase compared to the previous year's 33,000 applications. • CEO Brett Adcock shared this information in a LinkedIn post, expressing gratitude to all applicants and noting that… - source: linkedin.com
• 2025-03-26 - Demonstration - Figure unveils Figure 01 robot demonstrating dynamic bipedal walking - The milestone was achieved within 12 months of the company's inception, showcasing rapid development. This demonstration highlights advancements in robotics, particularly in bipedal locomotion technology. - source: ubergizmo.com
• 2025-03-25 - Demonstration - Figure Demonstrates Humanoid Robot Walking Naturally Using Reinforcement Learning - Figure introduced an end-to-end neural network trained with reinforcement learning for humanoid locomotion. The training involved thousands of virtual robots in a high-fidelity physics simulator, compressing years of data into hours. The learned walking… - source: figure.ai
• 2025-03-17 - Facility Opening - Figure AI relocates headquarters to San Jose, CA - • Figure AI moved its headquarters from Sunnyvale to a 98,700-square-foot facility at 3960 North First Street in San Jose. • The new location, part of the Assembly at North First tech campus, nearly quadruples the company's previous office space. • The… - source: therealdeal.com
• 2025-03-15 - Facility Opening - Figure introduces BotQ, a high-volume robot manufacturing facility - Figure introduced BotQ as dedicated manufacturing infrastructure for humanoid production. Initial throughput targets were framed as a step toward substantially larger output scale. The facility underpins Figure's strategy to industrialize deployment capacity. - source: figure.ai
• 2025-02-20 - Research Publication - Figure AI introduces Helix VLA model for generalist humanoid control - Figure introduced Helix as a Vision-Language-Action model that unifies perception, language understanding, and learned control for humanoid manipulation. The company says Helix outputs continuous control across the upper body, enables multi-robot… - source: figure.ai
• 2025-01-30 - Market Signal - Figure AI Signs Second Major Commercial Customer - Figure AI has signed a second commercial customer, described as 'one of the biggest U.S. companies.' The company plans to ship 100,000 humanoid robots over the next four years. Figure AI is focusing on both commercial and home markets for its humanoid robots. - source: forbes.com
• 2024-12-16 - Deployment - Figure AI Deploys F.02 Humanoid Robots to Commercial Customer - Figure AI delivered its F.02 humanoid robots to a commercial client, marking the company's transition to a revenue-generating entity. The robots are connecting to the network and performing pre-checks at the customer's facility. This deployment positions… - source: forbes.com
• 2024-08-06 - Product Launch - Figure unveils Figure 02, its second-generation humanoid, setting new standards in AI and robotics - Figure 02 is positioned as Figure's second-generation humanoid platform. The release highlights upgrades in core AI and robot hardware systems. The launch marks a product iteration aimed at broader real-world deployment. - source: prnewswire.com
• 2024-02-29 - Funding - Figure raises $675M at $2.6B valuation and signs collaboration agreement with OpenAI - Figure raised $675M in Series B funding at a $2.6B valuation with investments from Microsoft and other backers. Figure and OpenAI signed a collaboration agreement to develop next-generation AI models for humanoid robots. The investment will accelerate… - source: venturebeat.com
• 2024-01-18 - Partnership - Figure signs commercial agreement with BMW for robot deployment - Figure and BMW entered a commercial agreement for humanoid deployment in manufacturing. The partnership focused on integrating general-purpose robots into production workflows. The agreement established a formal pathway from pilot work to scaled industrial… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2023-07-17 - Funding - Intel Capital makes $9M Figure Series A extension - Intel Capital made a $9 million equity investment and joined Figure's existing Series A investor group. Figure said the capital would support Figure 01 development, its AI data pipeline and commercialization work. The announcement followed Figure 01 entering… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2023-05-24 - Funding - Figure announces $70M Series A to support commercialization of Figure 01 humanoid robot - Figure announced a $70M Series A funding round. Round led by Parkway Venture Capital; participants include Brett Adcock, Aliya Capital, Bold Capital Partners, Tamarack Global, FJ Labs, and Till Reuter. Funding to accelerate development of Figure 01, build… - source: prnewswire.com