Figure's robot demos criticized: 237/420 task success rate undercuts claims
ChongZzZhang · x · 2026-09-18
Citing tonyzzhao's critique, ChongZzZhang points out that Figure's widely praised robot demos actually achieved only a 56% success rate (237/420 tasks) — failing half the time is not "doing real useful work."
He adds two observations: the robot keeps repeating the same 3 tasks across different scenes, essentially data islands where human data may improve robustness only via strong inductive priors; and Figure's earlier impressive demos had roughly 10% success rates.
The takeaway: useful work requires generalization plus reliability, not edited highlight reels.
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