Let's compare
Figure 03
Figure AI
Not yet assessed
- Height
- —
- Payload
- —
- Verified autonomy
- not assessed
- Real deployment
- not assessed
- Status
- —
- Price
- —
Figure 03
Figure AI🇺🇸Figure's third-generation general-purpose humanoid robot, designed from the ground up for the Helix vision-language-action AI model and for both home and commercial deployment.
Availability
Specification
- Vision
- 2× frame rate, 75% lower latency, 60% wider FOV per camera
- 9% lower mass than Figure 02; soft textile covering
- Embedded palm cameras + first-gen tactile sensors (~3 g sensitivity)
- 2 kW wireless inductive charging; UN 38.3 certified battery
- 10 Gbps mmWave data offload for fleet learning
Price
No public price — contact the supplier for a quote.
Good · Bad · Ugly
Evidence-graded claims from the Figure AI deep report
A Figure AI safety chief publicly stated that a robot malfunctioned and cut a 1/4-inch gash in a steel fridge door, and was reportedly fired after raising safety warnings
A Reddit post [17] references a named safety chief's own public statement describing the specific incident — a named insider account constitutes independent evidence of the malfunction; Figure AI has not publicly acknowledged or rebutted the claim, leaving the firing allegation unverified.
from Figure AI deep report →Figure AI has raised over $2.5B in total funding at a $39B post-money valuation (Series C, September 2025), with investors including Microsoft, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Amazon, and Brookfield
The $39B valuation and Series C funding are independently confirmed by both Figure AI's official LinkedIn post [7] and The Robot Report [8], a recognized independent trade publication; however, valuation reflects investor sentiment, not verified robot capability or revenue.
from Figure AI deep report →
Figure AI robots contributed to the production of 30,000 cars at a BMW manufacturing facility
The 30,000-cars figure originates from Figure AI's own news page [10] and is corroborated only by community Reddit discussion [20], with no independent third-party verification from BMW or an independent journalist confirming the robots' specific contribution to that output.
from Figure AI deep report →Figure AI has scaled production to one humanoid robot per hour at its BotQ facility, with 350+ Figure 03 units produced
The production rate and unit count are reported by AI Insider [9] citing a company announcement — no independent factory audit, customer shipment confirmation, or third-party journalist site visit has verified these figures.
from Figure AI deep report →Figure AI robots are deployed at scale in real-world commercial operations, including signed contracts with UPS and Catalyst Brands
Contract signings are referenced via Figure AI's own news page [10] and commerce/analysis sources [2][4][6], but no independent reporting from UPS, Catalyst Brands, or a neutral journalist confirms active at-scale robot deployment — as opposed to pilot agreements or letters of intent.
from Figure AI deep report →Figure AI robots can perform dexterous manipulation tasks including laundry folding, dishwasher loading, coffee making, box/conveyor handling, and mail sorting
These tasks are confirmed across official, news, and community sources [1][10][18][20], but independent sources explicitly note that most public demonstrations occur in controlled environments [4][6], and no third-party evaluation has measured success rates, cycle times, or failure modes under unstructured conditions.
from Figure AI deep report →
Figure AI's robots logged 200 hours of real-world package handling, demonstrating sustained operational deployment
The 200-hour milestone is company-self-reported and celebrated [10][16]; a Reddit community post [16] contextualizes this as equivalent to only ~8 days and 8 hours of continuous operation — an extremely limited operational footprint that contradicts any implication of sustained at-scale deployment.
from Figure AI deep report →
About the company
Editorial directory of real robot products from leading global manufacturers. Each entry links to the manufacturer's official page.
