AEON

at BMW Plant Leipzig

§1Profile

Task

Battery handling

Industry

automotive

Announced

Feb 27, 2026

Pilot start

Dec 1, 2025

Current units

—

Last verified

May 27, 2026

§2What the robot is doing

High-voltage EV battery handling pilot. Initial test deployment Dec 2025; full-scale pilot targeted summer 2026.

Editorial note

Announced in the same BMW Group Physical AI press release that retired Figure 02 at Spartanburg.

§3VerificationHighest source: Announced

Company press release only — no third-party confirmation.

§4Sources1 source

[01]
Press release· BMW Group Press· Feb 27, 2026· reliability 5/5
BMW Group bringing Physical AI to Europe: First pilot deployment of humanoid robots successfully completed at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg
“Within ten months, the robot Figure 02 supported the production of more than 30,000 BMW X3, working ten-hour shifts daily from Monday to Friday. Figure 02 handled the precise removal and positioning of sheet metal parts for the welding process. In total, it moved more than 90,000 components and covered approximately 1.2 million steps in around 1,250 operating hours.”
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