Figure 03 enters Amazon warehouse pilot — 20-unit deployment at Tempe AZ, 14-hour shifts logged at 92% of human-equivalent pick rate
Figure announced this week that Figure 03 has entered a 20-unit pilot deployment at the Amazon Tempe AZ fulfillment center, with 14-hour-shift performance logged at 92% of human-equivalent pick rate across two weeks of supervised operation. The deployment is Figure's largest commercial pilot and the first humanoid-form-factor deployment at this scale inside Amazon's logistics network.
The 92% pick-rate number is the operationally consequential metric. Below 80% the humanoid form-factor doesn't pay back the unit cost on a single-shift workflow; above 90% it crosses the threshold where multi-shift autonomous operation becomes financially attractive vs the human alternative. Figure 03 at 92% on a fourteen-hour shift is the first published humanoid result that clears the unit-economics bar.
The Amazon pilot structure matters for the category. Amazon is buying-or-leasing — the deployment is structured as a six-month evaluation lease at $4,500/unit/month, with a purchase option at $90K/unit at the end of the trial. The $90K unit cost is the lowest published humanoid pricing for a unit at Figure's capability tier and reframes the cost curve relative to the $25K-1X-NEO consumer pricing and the speculative $200K Tesla Optimus V3 production target.
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