Figure AI/Consumer
Figure 03
The best-funded humanoid, now aimed at your house.
- From a $39B-valued company — the field's richest bet
- Fingertip sensors register about 3 grams of force
- Reoriented from the factory floor to the home
Realism index
38/100
Our editorial estimate of how close this machine is to a lifelike human companion — six weighted dimensions, built from public evidence. How we score · The whole field, ranked
See it move
Photos flatter; motion is where realism is won or lost.
Figure 03 is what a humanoid looks like when the company building it has almost unlimited money and a point to prove. Backed by a $39 billion valuation, it's the most polished general-purpose machine here — and the clearest signal that the smart money now sees the home, not just the warehouse, as the prize.
The home-focused details are genuinely thoughtful: soft, washable textile covers; foam padding to protect fingers from pinch points; wireless charging through coils in the feet, so the robot simply steps onto a pad to refuel. Underneath, fingertip tactile sensors detect around three grams of force — enough to handle something fragile without crushing it — and the in-house Helix AI lets a fleet of robots pool what they learn.
What it isn't, yet, is buyable, or a companion. Figure 03 has no face and no pretense of one; its warmth is in its engineering, not its expression. Figure had pointed to late 2026 for home availability with select partners; as of October 30, 2026 it has announced no sale date and no public price. Its Helix 2.5 demo in September ran in 30 Bay Area homes, but Figure didn't name the robot or say whether any of those homes were customers'. It's in this directory as the benchmark for capability — the machine most likely to actually fold your laundry — against which the companions built to be loved can be measured.
Our verdict
The case for
- The best-funded effort in the field ($39B valuation)
- Genuinely engineered for homes — soft, washable, safe
- A proven prior generation on a real BMW line
The case against
- Not for sale; no home sale date announced as of Oct 2026
- No public price
- Home autonomy still largely unproven outside demos
What it can do
- Dexterous fine manipulation with grip- and slip-detection
- Built for domestic environments
- Fleet learning — robots share skills through Helix
The paper trail
Dated milestones — announcements, prices, promised ship windows — as they were made. We add to this record; we don't rewrite it.
Figure 02 fleet decommissioned
Figure retired its previous-generation robots as the Figure 03 fleet grows, melting most of them down at a foundry in Finland.
Figure claimed zero-shot tidying, towel folding and bed making in 30 Bay Area homes with no prior data collected. It didn't name the robot or say whether any homes were customers'.
Ramp update: one robot per hour, 350+ delivered
Figure said output scaled 24x in under 120 days, with over 350 third-generation robots delivered.
Rebuilt around Helix and the home — soft textiles, wireless charging, tactile fingertips — and designed for BotQ mass production.
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March 2025 — BotQ factory announced
First-generation line rated for up to 12,000 humanoids a year, with a claimed path to 100,000 over four years.
Home alpha testing promised for 2025
CEO Brett Adcock said Helix's progress pulled in-home testing forward two years.
Quick answers
Composed from the directory record above — so they can't drift from the data.
- What is Figure 03?
- Figure 03 is a consumer-class machine (built for the home) from Figure AI (USA). A home-focused humanoid from the field's richest startup, with fingertips that feel a few grams of force.
- How much does Figure 03 cost?
- Figure AI hasn't disclosed pricing — Undisclosed; a ~$20k home target has been reported.
- Can you buy Figure 03 right now?
- No — Figure 03 has been announced but isn't orderable yet. The maker's current label is "In-home testing · no sale date".
- How lifelike is Figure 03?
- We rate Figure 03 38/100 on the gfs.ai Realism Index — an editorial score across six weighted dimensions, built only from public evidence. It scores strongest on mind (58/100) and weakest on face (8/100).
- Who makes Figure 03?
- Figure 03 is built by Figure AI — founded 2022, headquartered in San Jose, California. The company's focus: general-purpose humanoids with in-house ai (helix) and manufacturing (botq).
