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Mitsubishi Motors and University of Tokyo spinout Highlanders have signed an MOU to jointly develop humanoid robots for Mitsubishi’s manufacturing facilities and explore mass production at the Kyoto Plant, with production feasibility being examined for early 2027 – the first such collaboration between an automaker and a humanoid robot developer involving mass production.
BMW Group has deployed Figure AI’s Figure 03 humanoid robot at its Spartanburg plant for a logistics sequencing application, following the successful 11-month Figure 02 deployment that supported production of 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles, as the company expands its humanoid program from body shop to assembly logistics.
Autonomique, a Physical AI software company spun out of SRI, has moved its robot autonomy platform from a paid pilot to live production deployment at F&P Mfg., a Canadian Tier-1 automotive supplier serving Honda, Toyota, and General Motors, with a global rollout across F.tech’s manufacturing network under discussion.
Chinese automaker Seres has unveiled Xiaosai, its first humanoid robot, designed for visual recognition, autonomous greeting, and voice interaction, as the company expands its embodied AI presence beyond the Xiaosai 01 and 02 inspection robots already operating at its smart factory.
BMW has launched its Leipzig humanoid robot pilot with Hexagon’s Aeon platform targeting battery assembly and component manufacturing, while publishing detailed results from the Spartanburg deployment with Figure AI in which a Figure 02 robot supported production of 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles over ten months.
BMW is deploying two Hexagon Robotics Aeon humanoid robots at its Leipzig factory this summer for battery assembly and parts feeding tasks, marking the first use of humanoid robots in European automotive manufacturing and extending a program that has already built 30,000 cars in the U.S. with Figure robots.
SAIC-GM has introduced humanoid robots into a Buick battery assembly line, marking an early step toward integrating embodied AI into automotive manufacturing.
Renault has begun deploying Calvin-40 robots in its Douai electric vehicle plant, using AI-trained machines to handle repetitive assembly tasks and accelerate EV production.
BMW has introduced the AEON humanoid robot at its Leipzig plant to automate battery assembly tasks as part of a broader push into physical AI-powered manufacturing.