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BMW brings humanoid robots to its German factory

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 05, 2026
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16 of 32 Downloads. LowRes (JPG)117 KB HighRes (JPG)3.01 MB 27.02.2026 | ID: P90630890 Humanoid Robotics at BMW Group Plant Leipzig (02/2026)

Over the past 10 months, a Figure 02 humanoid robot at BMW’s Spartanburg plant in South Carolina worked 10-hour shifts, five days a week, moving more than 90,000 sheet-metal components over roughly 1,250 operating …

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