Humanoid Robots Reach Production Scale: Robotics Summit Opens on ROS vs. Proprietary Physical AI

Humanoid robots reach production scale as the Robotics Summit opens to debate ROS versus proprietary physical-AI platforms. Intrinsic cites Figure AI’s Figure 02, which completed an 11-month deployment at BMW’s Spartanburg plant, producing more than 30,000 X3s and handling 90,000 sheet-metal parts over roughly 1,250 operating hours. Agility Robotics’ Digit has moved over 100,000 totes at a GXO Logistics facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia, marking the first formal commercial humanoid deployment under a Robots-as-a-Service model. Boston Dynamics’ Atlas is shipping commercially, with 2026 allocations promised to Hyundai and Google DeepMind. Open Robotics will keynote on An Open Foundation for the Age of AI-Powered Robots, led by Brian Gerkey.