Figure 02: updated hardware and native OpenAI model integration
In one sentence Figure AI launches Figure 02 with native OpenAI model integration: the robot demonstrates contextual reasoning in an industrial kitchen and responds to questions about its environment.
Figure 02 is the second generation of Figure AI's humanoid robot, with a fundamental difference from its predecessor: OpenAI language and vision models are integrated natively into the architecture, not as external plugins.
The demo video shows the robot in an industrial kitchen responding to questions like "what's on the table?" and "can you help me clean up?" with contextually accurate answers, then executing the requested tasks. Reasoning happens on-board, combining vision, language, and motor control in a unified loop.
Figure has a contract with BMW for deployment in manufacturing plants, positioning the robot as a real industrial solution rather than a lab prototype.
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Figure AI, OpenAI, BMW
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Figure 02, OpenAI VLM, End-to-End Neural Policy
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