Recently, Figure AI, a leading company in embodied intelligence valued at 39 billion dollars, launched a live stream of robot package sorting that lasted more than 120 hours at its headquarters in San Jose. During the weekend, it introduced an intern named Aimé Gérard to compete against its humanoid robots in a 10-hour showdown.

In the end, the human intern won with a total of 12,924 sorted items, surpassing the robot opponent by 192 items. The data showed that the intern averaged 2.79 seconds per item, while the robot averaged 2.83 seconds. Although the human was temporarily overtaken by the robot during meal breaks and bathroom breaks as required by labor laws, the human eventually regained the lead through speed advantage. This match vividly demonstrated the efficiency competition between humans and cutting-edge embodied intelligence in physically demanding and high-frequency tasks.

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The core strategic purpose of this long-term live stream was to verify and demonstrate the 24-hour continuous and highly reliable shift work capability of Figure's humanoid robots in industrial scenarios. Since the first successful 8-hour autonomous labor last Wednesday, three humanoid robots have completed sorting over 30,000 packages within 24 hours by seamlessly taking turns to charge. As of now, they have been operating stably for more than six days.

Experts such as Ayanna Howard, Dean of the College of Engineering at Ohio State University, pointed out that the robots' long-term trouble-free operation is impressive. However, due to occasional issues such as dropped packages or barcodes facing up, the robots are still far from achieving full autonomy in logistics centers.

This incident not only validated the technological advancement of embodied intelligence through viral spread on social media but also marked the accelerating transition of humanoid robots from laboratories to rigorous industrial environment testing phases.