# Figure 03 humanoid robot

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Figure 03 humanoid robot and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as early proof humanoid robots can do real factory labor, after a BMW line trial and long livestreamed shifts. Critics call the demos stunts and doubt safety.

## Why people recommend it

- Real work on BMW production line (4 comments): "Figure 02 worked on BMW's actual Spartanburg production line for about 1,250 hours running 10-hour shifts." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49572942)) "it seems like the first proof that humanoid robots are actually capable of real labor" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48144299)) "apparently successful feasibility trial of their humanoid robots with BMW" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46857977))
- Dishwashing and household cleaning demos (4 comments): "The humanoid startup Figure showed their robot moving a few dishes from a nearly empty dishwasher to empty cabinets" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48318280)) "Figure just put out like a nine hour video of it cleaning unseen homes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49838559)) "They did the sitting livestream and the 30 house cleanup." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49940928))
- Large impact on labor and economy (2 comments): "it's just incredibly hard to overestimate the impact humanoid robots are going to have on the global economy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49536522)) "This is truly remarkable and it raises a lot of questions about the future of labor" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151874))

## What people warn about

- Safety risk to nearby humans (2 comments): "one errant movement from these robots can decapitate or seriously injure a human" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48286037)) "All of these are more than enough weight to kill a toddler by falling on them." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447506))
- Clumsy and poor performance (2 comments): "the current robots seem way too clumsy to even pick up an object" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48180424)) "Apparently those robots haven't worked very well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48601074))
- Demos are stunts for funding (2 comments): "All they do is produce these sorts of stunts to gain VC money, with nothing real to show." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49939497)) "EPIC FAIL in your marketing stunt!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49939823))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Unitree robots](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unitree-robots.md): 11 recommend
- [Nori Robotics humanoid robot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nori-robotics-humanoid-robot.md): 10 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.figure.ai/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Figure 03 humanoid robot", https://hackerapproved.com/p/figure-03-humanoid-robot/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).