You may recall reading about the humanoid robot, Figure 02, tested earlier this year at BMW Plant Spartanburg. This marked the first time BMW integrated a humanoid robot into its production line.
Interesting Engineering shares that in a newly released video, Figure 02 is shown performing up to 1,000 placements per day. “This will only improve as we deploy more robots, collect more data, and improve our AI models.” – Figure’s founder and CEO, Brett Adcock.
The video highlights Figure 02’s high-precision abilities, particularly in a sheet metal insertion task requiring the robot to place sheet metal into a pin-pole less than one centimeter wide, a demanding process that relied on millimeter-level accuracy.
Adcock describes the challenge, noting that the robot needed to manipulate “difficult-to-handle sheet metal parts” while avoiding collisions and maintaining precise placement. To meet production standards, the operation’s cycle time had to be reduced by four minutes. “It was arguably 10x harder than any stationary tabletop manipulation task we’ve showcased before,” Adcock said, underscoring the complexity of this endeavor.
Watch the latest video below.
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