X Square's WALL-B Outperforms Figure by 53% in Parcel Sorting
ChrisGPT · x · 2026-08-21
X Square's WALL-B robot sorted 10,000 parcels in 5 hours and 14 minutes, averaging 1.88 seconds per parcel. Compared to Figure's famous 2.88-second pace, Figure would have sorted around 6,542 parcels in the same window, giving X Square roughly 53% higher throughput. The author notes that while WALL-B is optimized specifically for sorting, Figure's general-purpose platform has demonstrated diverse capabilities, and Chinese robotics teams show significant technical depth.
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