Figure AI Humanoids Complete 24 Hours of Package Sorting in Livestreamed Test

Figure AI's humanoids sorted more than 30,000 packages during a livestream on X that drew over 3 million cumulative views. The event began on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at Figure AI headquarters in San Jose, where a film crew streamed one of the robots picking up small packages and placing them on a conveyor belt with the barcode facing down.

Two humanoids stood on chargers in the background ready to substitute when the working robot ran low on battery.

Viewers gave the three humanoids the names Bob, Frank, and Gary. Figure AI set out to prove its robots could complete an eight-hour stretch of autonomous labor and reached its goal with zero failures, CEO Brett Adcock said. By the 24-hour mark on Thursday morning the humanoids had sorted more than 30,000 packages.

By Thursday evening the livestream was still running and the humanoids had logged 30 hours of continuous work. Brett Adcock introduced a new member to the robot crew named Rose. Brett Adcock posted on X on May 13, 2026: "Watch a team of humanoid robots running a full 8-hr shift at human performance levels.

This is fully autonomous running Helix-02". He stressed that the robots are fully autonomous and decide what to do based on what they see through their cameras. Adcock said that when a robot gets stuck its AI model triggers an automatic reset.

He added that if a robot has a software or hardware issue it can autonomously leave for maintenance while another robot takes over. "We haven't had a failure yet, but statistically we probably will at some point," Adcock wrote on X. Human package sorters average about three seconds per package according to Brett Adcock, who said Figure AI's robots are now near human parity.

Figure AI is a startup valued near $40 billion. Among those watching were Figure AI investors and board members Jesse Coors-Blankenship and Gregg Hill of Parkway Venture Capital, who followed the livestream from their New York office. Jesse Coors-Blankenship said the conveyor belt was a large loop with the same packages cycling through repeatedly.

He said the point was to show potential customers that Figure AI's humanoids can work reliably for long stretches including 24-hour shifts. When asked about Figure AI's livestream at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday night, Agility Robotics cofounder Jonathan Hurst said: "Congratulations.

" Agility Robotics has deployed its humanoid robot Digit with customers including Amazon, Schaeffler Group, and GXO.

Last year Figure AI came under scrutiny after Fortune reported that Brett Adcock appeared to overstate the company's work with BMW. Brett Adcock disputed the Fortune report. Figure AI said its previous humanoid model spent 11 months at BMW's Spartanburg plant.

The previous Figure humanoid ran 10-hour weekday shifts at BMW's Spartanburg plant. It helped produce more than 30,000 X3 vehicles at BMW. Business Insider reported the details of the livestream and its context.