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Khabre desk
Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the humanoid-robots desk.
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BMW says Figure 03 will take on a logistics task at its Spartanburg plant, sorting unsorted components into the order needed for assembly. The project follows a Figure 02 pilot in the plant’s body shop.
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Figure and Nscale have announced a planned partnership for up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs, with initial deployment targeted for the second half of 2027 in Barstow, Texas, to support training of Figure's Helix robotics models.
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Figure says its BotQ facility has delivered more than 350 Figure 03 humanoid robots and reported a demonstration of a perception-conditioned controller traversing real stairs after simulation training.
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Figure says its Helix 02 humanoid uses a hierarchical neural-control system to coordinate walking, manipulation and balance, including a four-minute autonomous dishwasher demonstration.
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Figure says its Index app is collecting real-world physical-task videos for training the Helix robotics system, but the company has not published independent evidence that the dataset improves robot performance.