# manufacturing insights Rangoon Insights reporting and guides tagged manufacturing. Canonical: https://rangoon.ai/insights/tags/manufacturing/ ## Topics - [Agent systems](https://rangoon.ai/insights/topics/agents/): Agent runtimes, handoffs, tools, and the boundaries that make them reviewable. - [Governance](https://rangoon.ai/insights/topics/governance/): Policy, identity, authorization, approvals, and evidence for consequential work. - [Infrastructure](https://rangoon.ai/insights/topics/infrastructure/): Model serving, sandboxes, tool services, and deployment boundaries. - [Models](https://rangoon.ai/insights/topics/models/): Inference choices, local serving, compatibility, and operational tradeoffs. ## Stories - [BMW opened a Figure 03 sequencing project in Spartanburg after its earlier Figure 02 deployment](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-bmw-figure-03-sequencing-project-june-2026/) BMW announced on June 25, 2026 that Figure 03 would start a logistics sequencing use case at Plant Spartanburg, while Figure later reported its arrival in Hall 52. - [Applied disclosed Singapore equipment manufacturing already at volume production, while the public release date remained distinct](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-applied-singapore-equipment-manufacturing-june-2026/) Applied Materials’ June 10, 2026 public release said its Singapore Tampines Campus was operating at volume production for AI-driven equipment demand. - [Hyundai Mobis publicly detailed an Atlas actuator-supply framework after CES](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-hyundai-mobis-boston-dynamics-atlas-actuators-january-2026/) Hyundai Mobis published a January 8, 2026 account of a CES framework with Boston Dynamics to supply Atlas actuators when the humanoid enters mass production. - [Boston Dynamics unveiled Atlas as a product at CES, with manufacturing underway and future deployments scheduled](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-boston-dynamics-atlas-product-ces-january-2026/) Boston Dynamics unveiled the product version of Atlas on January 5, 2026, saying manufacturing had begun and 2026 fleet deployments were scheduled for Hyundai and Google DeepMind. - [Mercado Libre and Agility announced a Digit agreement beginning with a Texas fulfillment facility](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-agility-mercado-libre-digit-agreement-december-2025/) Mercado Libre and Agility announced a December 10, 2025 agreement to integrate Digit into a San Antonio fulfillment facility, with additional use cases still exploratory. - [Figure reported an 11-month F.02 BMW deployment with site-specific production measures](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-figure-bmw-f02-deployment-november-2025/) Figure reported on November 19, 2025 that its F.02 humanoid had completed an 11-month BMW Spartanburg deployment, with task and runtime measures tied to that site. - [Figure described its F.03 battery design and certification path for a future humanoid platform](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-figure-f03-battery-development-july-2025/) Figure described F.03 battery development on July 17, 2025, including a 2.3 kWh pack and a certification process, while separating targets from completed certification. - [Apptronik created Elevate Robotics to pursue industrial automation beyond its Apollo humanoid](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-apptronik-elevate-robotics-june-2025/) Apptronik announced Elevate Robotics on June 24, 2025 as a wholly owned subsidiary for industrial automation outside the Apollo humanoid form factor. - [GlobalFoundries’ $16 billion U.S. plan paired expansion with packaging and research](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-globalfoundries-us-investment-june-2025/) GlobalFoundries announced a $16 billion U.S. investment plan on June 4, 2025, covering manufacturing, packaging and research in New York and Vermont. - [Amazon introduced Vulcan as a touch-guided pick-and-stow system, then moved its pilot toward beta testing](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-amazon-vulcan-touch-robot-may-2025/) Amazon introduced Vulcan on May 7, 2025 as a fulfillment-center system that combines vision and force sensing for selected pick and stow work. - [Agility outlined Digit battery, safety and AMR-integration changes for commercial use](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-agility-digit-market-innovations-march-2025/) Agility Robotics announced Digit changes on March 31, 2025 spanning battery, stop functions, charging and AMR integration for its commercial humanoid program. - [Figure presented BotQ as a planned high-volume humanoid manufacturing facility](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-figure-botq-manufacturing-march-2025/) Figure presented BotQ on March 15, 2025 as a manufacturing facility and process plan for its humanoid robots, with a stated first-line capacity target. - [TSMC’s Arizona expansion announcement separated a $100 billion plan from current fab output](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-tsmc-arizona-investment-march-2025/) TSMC announced a further $100 billion intended U.S. investment on March 4, 2025, adding three fabs, packaging facilities and R&D plans to its Arizona programme. - [Apptronik and Jabil paired Apollo production with a manufacturing pilot and validation environment](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-apptronik-jabil-apollo-manufacturing-pilot-february-2025/) Apptronik and Jabil announced a February 25, 2025 pilot and strategic collaboration to build Apollo robots and test selected manufacturing work at Jabil. - [Apptronik announced a $350 million Series A for Apollo development and planned scaling](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-apptronik-series-a-humanoid-scaling-february-2025/) Apptronik announced a $350 million Series A on February 13, 2025 to support Apollo development and planned manufacturing and deployment work, before a later financing update. - [GlobalFoundries’ New York packaging center plan made onshore test a separate capability](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-globalfoundries-new-york-packaging-photonics-january-2025/) GlobalFoundries announced a planned New York advanced-packaging and photonics center on January 17, 2025, with stated investment, R&D support and a domestic packaging-and-test aim. - [Micron’s Singapore HBM packaging groundbreaking set a future supply timetable](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-micron-singapore-hbm-packaging-groundbreaking-january-2025/) Micron broke ground on a Singapore HBM packaging facility on January 8, 2025, with a roughly $7 billion investment, 2026 operations target and 2027 capacity plan. - [TSMC’s A14 statement kept a 2025 unveiling separate from a 2028 plan](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-tsmc-a14-roadmap-statement-2025/) TSMC issued its A14 statement on April 24, 2025 after an April 23 unveiling. The event showed why roadmap, qualification, and production statuses must stay separate. - [Micron’s 1-gamma DRAM shipment tied node claims to a product path](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-micron-1-gamma-dram-2025/) Micron announced shipment of 1-gamma DRAM on February 25, 2025. The node story made density, power, performance, yield, and product qualification separate measurements. ## More information - [Documentation index](https://rangoon.ai/llms.txt) - [AI access and policies](https://rangoon.ai/ai/) - [Source repository](https://github.com/hypler-dev/rangoon)