Figure AI livestream, Hyundai plans 25,000 Atlas robots by 2028

Earlier this month Figure AI livestreamed three Figure 03 humanoid robots that sorted packages autonomously for 200 continuous hours. The company reported the units ran in shifts without teleoperation, manual intervention or hardware failures during the broadcast.

The event began as an eight-hour challenge that matched a single robot against a company intern; the intern finished with 12,924 packages to the robot’s 12,732. By the end of the extended stream the three units had processed tens of thousands of items. The company noted the test used a looped feed of packages, reducing the variability a real logistics floor presents.

Figure AI’s system matched the intern’s pace in the timed run but did not reach the throughput of dedicated high-speed mail-sorting machines.

Hyundai Motor Group announced plans to deploy more than 25,000 Atlas humanoid robots across Hyundai and Kia manufacturing plants by 2028. Company materials indicate that target represents about 83% of the Atlas’s planned annual production capacity and is the first time the company has disclosed a specific internal fleet-size goal.

Company materials say keeping a large share of early production on company-owned factory floors will generate operational data and allow engineers to test and refine hardware and AI models in a controlled setting before wider external sales.

Industry shipment figures show Unitree shipped roughly 5,500 humanoid units in 2025 and was the volume leader for that year. Many humanoids delivered across manufacturers to date have gone to research and education labs rather than commercial operations.

Analysts and company statements identify access to real-world training data as a constraint for broader deployment. Operating large numbers of robots inside developer-owned factories creates streams of operational data that companies can use to update software and evaluate mechanical durability.

Longer autonomous demonstrations and firms’ public fleet plans have prompted industry discussion about logistics integration, safety protocols and maintenance models for humanoid robots in industrial settings. Participants are mapping standards for reliability testing, downtime reporting and workplace interaction as deployments move beyond laboratories and pilot programs.

Companies involved in humanoid development say they will continue testing robots in factory and distribution center conditions to assess performance across a wider range of package types, floor layouts and operational disruptions.