Humanoid robot does real factory work in uncut 2-hour video, now running 4-6 hour shifts
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-10-01
A humanoid robotics company published a nearly 2-hour uncut video of its robot doing real factory work end to end, calling "boring work" the real breakthrough. The team now regularly runs 4-6 hour shifts with the robot completing a full job from start to finish. Publishing uncut took guts — every hesitation and human intervention is visible, and the team admits much remains to improve ("this is the worst it will ever be"). Chris Paxton, who RT'd it, notes that getting a demo working in a real factory is hard, but making it reliably do useful work hour after hour is brutal — the industry's next big hurdle. The message: enough robot kung fu, we want a robot that finishes its job and comes back tomorrow.
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