# DROIDS Daily. May 20, 2026. Figure’s 100,000‑Package Livestream and BMW’s 30,000‑Car Humanoid Test

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Podcast: [DROIDS Newsletter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/droids-newsletter-7723621)
Published: 2026-05-20T19:23:00+00:00
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## Resource

In today’s DROIDS Daily, we break down Figure AI’s latest F.03 livestream, where three humanoid robots reportedly ran more than 80 hours and sorted over 100,000 packages in a tightly controlled warehouse test. She then dives into BMW’s 11‑month deployment of Figure 02 at Spartanburg, which helped build more than 30,000 X3s and delivered the first real ROI numbers for physical AI on an automotive line. The episode closes with a look at how non‑humanoid warehouse automation is scaling and what current cost curves and payback periods say about where humanoids actually fit in near‑term logistics and manufacturing. #robotics #roboticsnews #droidsnewsletter

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