Figure 02 16-DoF-Hand Exoskeleton & Helix VLA Industrial Bipedal Humanoid Robot
168cm, 70kg second-generation commercial bipedal humanoid engineered with an aircraft-grade load-bearing exoskeleton, fourth-generation 16-DoF human-strength dexterous hands, 20kg–25kg bimanual payload, 6 RGB cameras running the Helix Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model, and a 2.25 kWh 5-hour battery pack.
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Key Engineering Highlights
- Replaces internal skeleton frames with an aircraft-grade structural outer exoskeleton that conceals all power and CAN/EtherCAT cabling inside the limbs for factory snag/spatter protection
- Fourth-generation 16-DoF anthropomorphic hands match human finger strength and dexterity—inserting sheet-metal stamping panels onto sub-millimeter welding pins on BMW's Spartanburg line
- Packs a custom 2.25 kWh battery pack in the torso for 5 hours of runtime per charge while running Figure's Helix VLA model for zero-shot bimanual coordination and natural speech-to-speech reasoning
Full Hardware Specifications
| Processor / Edge SoC | 3× Onboard GPU/NPU Inference Compute Stack (Compared to Gen 1) + Internal Braided Bus Harness |
|---|---|
| AI Model Stack | Figure Helix End-to-End Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Neural Network + Onboard Speech-to-Speech VLM |
| Display & Optics | Curved Matte-Black OLED Head Visor w/ System Status & Conversational Audio Feedback |
| Camera & Vision | 6× Integrated RGB Vision Cameras (360° Obstacle Free-Space & Millimeter Sheet-Metal Manipulation) |
| Measured Weight | 70.0kg (168cm / 5'6" Standing Height / 42 Total DoF Inc. 2× 16-DoF 4th-Gen Anthropomorphic Hands) |
| Battery & Runtime | 2.25 kWh Custom Torso Lithium-Ion Battery Pack (~5.0 Hours Continuous Factory Shift Runtime) |
| Connectivity & I/O | Industrial Wi-Fi 6E / 5G Fleet Telemetry / BMW Spartanburg Body-Shop Production Line Integration |
| Sensors & Acoustics | Custom High-Torque Rotary Actuators (Up to 150 N·m) + 16-DoF Hands (25kg Bimanual Payload) |
⚖️ Side-by-Side Comparison: Figure 02 16-DoF-Hand Exoskeleton & Helix VLA Industrial Bipedal Humanoid Robot vs. Embodied AI & Robotics Peers
Direct specification comparison against leading competing devices in the Embodied AI & Robotics category.
| Specification | Figure 02 16-DoF-Hand Exoskeleton & Helix VLA Industrial Bipedal Humanoid Robot (Current) | Unitree G1 Humanoid Robot (2026 Developer Edition) → | LeRobot SO-101 Open-Source Bimanual Teleop Kit → | Unitree Go2-W Wheeled-Legged Embodied AI Dog → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Figure AI | Unitree Robotics | Hugging Face × TheRobotStudio | Unitree Robotics |
| Retail Price | $58,000 | $16,000 | $260 | $4,800 |
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| Edge SoC | 3× Onboard GPU/NPU Inference Compute Stack (Compared to Gen 1) + Internal Braided Bus Harness | 8-Core High-Perf CPU + NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX (100 TOPS) | Tethered to Apple Silicon Mac or NVIDIA GPU Host | Jetson Orin NX 16GB (100–157 TOPS) |
| AI Model Stack | Figure Helix End-to-End Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Neural Network + Onboard Speech-to-Speech VLM | UnifoLM Unified Robot Model + Open RL Stack | ACT / Diffusion Policy / Pi-0 VLA | RL Locomotion + GPT-Vision Navigation |
| Display / Optics | Curved Matte-Black OLED Head Visor w/ System Status & Conversational Audio Feedback | Interactive LED Visor Array | Host Visualizer GUI | Front LED Matrix + Companion Telemetry |
| Camera | 6× Integrated RGB Vision Cameras (360° Obstacle Free-Space & Millimeter Sheet-Metal Manipulation) | Intel RealSense D435i Depth + Livox Mid-360 3D LiDAR | Dual 1080P 60fps Global Shutter Wrist + Overhead Cameras | 130° Wide-Angle Stereo + Hemispherical 4D LiDAR |
| Weight | 70.0kg (168cm / 5'6" Standing Height / 42 Total DoF Inc. 2× 16-DoF 4th-Gen Anthropomorphic Hands) | 35.0kg (Foldable to fit car trunk) | 1.4kg per arm (including base) | 18.0 kg |
| Battery | 2.25 kWh Custom Torso Lithium-Ion Battery Pack (~5.0 Hours Continuous Factory Shift Runtime) | 9,000mAh Quick-Swap Battery Pack (2.5h runtime) | 12V/5A DC Regulated Power Supply | 15,000mAh 4-Hour Long-Endurance Pack |
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