BMW Deploys Figure 03 Robots as Figure AI Fleet Surpasses Human Workforce
Humanoid robotics startup Figure AI has reached a major milestone as its robot fleet now exceeds its human workforce. Founder and CEO Brett Adcock said on X that the company has deployed about 740 Figure robots, compared with roughly 660 employees.
The shift happened quickly after the company began mass-producing its humanoid machines. Moreover, it highlights how fast industrial robotics has moved from experimental demos toward real workplace deployment.
Adcock also shared a chart showing robot and human headcount from 2022 through mid-2026. While employee hiring rose steadily, robot production grew much faster. By late 2025, Figure AI had passed 100 operational robots. However, accelerated output at its BotQ facility soon pushed the fleet beyond 700 units.
“For the first time, robots outnumber humans at Figure,” Adcock wrote.
The milestone also follows a 200-hour autonomous livestream held in May at Figure AI’s Sunnyvale headquarters. During the test, three Figure 03 robots sorted nearly 250,000 packages. Although the test was initially planned for only eight hours, the robots completed the extended run without a single hardware failure.
BMW Expands Humanoid Robot Use
Separately, BMW Group said it will deploy Figure 03 robots at its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant. The robots will support complex sequencing work in logistics by picking up parts and sorting them into trolleys for assembly-line delivery.
The new deployment follows an 11-month pilot at the same plant using the earlier Figure 02 model. During that pilot, the robots helped produce more than 30,000 vehicles. They also handled tasks such as loading sheet metal parts on the BMW X3 body shop line.
Meanwhile, BMW has started another humanoid robotics pilot at its Leipzig plant in Germany. That program uses robots from Hexagon Robotics, showing that the company is testing several automation partners across its production network.
Robotics Race Gains Momentum
Figure AI’s rapid growth reflects a broader race across the robotics industry. A Citi report earlier this year projected that the global population of AI robots, including humanoids, autonomous vehicles, and home machines, could reach one billion by 2035.
For now, Figure AI is presenting itself as one of the leading companies in that shift. In addition, Adcock suggested that its robot-to-human ratio will keep rising as production expands.
“This is just the beginning,” he wrote.
