Humanoid robot companies seem to be using extended livestreams to demonstrate their systems outside the traditional format of edited product videos and trade-show presentations. Recent initiatives from Figure, AGIBOT and Richtech Robotics show how livestreaming is developing into a combination of endurance test, public demonstration and marketing channel.
The formats vary considerably. Figure used a continuous broadcast to show robots performing a repetitive logistics task. AGIBOT plans to stream multiple robots working in an active electronics factory. Richtech Robotics, meanwhile, says viewers will be able to communicate directly with its ADAM service robot through a permanent interactive feed. The initiatives address a persistent challenge for the humanoid robotics sector. Short, edited videos can show that a robot has completed a task, but provide limited information about reliability, intervention rates and performance over longer periods. A continuous broadcast can offer more visibility, although companies still control the task, environment, camera angles and information presented to viewers.
Figure extends eight-hour demonstration to 200 hours
Figure attracted attention in May 2026 when it began livestreaming Figure 03 humanoid robots sorting packages at its headquarters in San Jose, California. The demonstration was initially presented as an eight-hour autonomous work shift but was extended until the robots had completed 200 hours of operation. During the stream, a robot picked packages from a work surface and placed them barcode-side down on a conveyor. Several robots rotated between the workstation and charging stations. By the end of the broadcast, the counter displayed almost 250,000 handled packages.
Figure described the robots as operating autonomously with its Helix 02 AI system. The repetitive nature of the task and occasional handling errors nevertheless led to discussion about how closely the demonstration represented conditions in an operational logistics centre. Observers reported examples of packages being positioned incorrectly or falling from the work area. The company also organised a ten-hour competition between a Figure 03 robot and an employee. The employee handled 12,924 packages, compared with 12,732 for the robot. The difference amounted to 192 packages, with the employee averaging 2.79 seconds per item and the robot 2.83 seconds.
AGIBOT moves livestream into active factory
Chinese robotics company AGIBOT is now preparing a related but more industrially focused livestream. From 23 to 28 June 2026, the company plans to broadcast robots working at a Longcheer Technology tablet factory in Nanchang, China. AGIBOT says multiple robots will operate across a complete quality-inspection section of an active mass-production line. The broadcast is expected to show production workflows, coordination between robots and collaboration with human operators over six days.
Descriptions of the initiative as a stream of an entire production line require some qualification. The robots will operate in the quality-inspection section rather than performing every stage involved in manufacturing a tablet. The planned broadcast nevertheless differs from Figure’s demonstration because the robots are installed in an operating customer factory. AGIBOT has previously streamed work from the Longcheer facility. During an eight-hour broadcast in April, a G2 robot removed tablets from a conveyor, loaded them into testing equipment, retrieved them after testing and separated products based on the results.
The G2 has two arms and a mobile wheeled base. Although AGIBOT describes it as a humanoid robot, it does not use the bipedal configuration employed by Figure 03. The wheeled platform is intended for relatively structured industrial environments where stairs and uneven terrain are not central requirements. AGIBOT announced its six-day broadcast shortly after Figure’s package-sorting stream. The company has not formally described the initiative as a response to Figure, although the timing and emphasis on multiple robots working across a real production environment invite comparison.
Richtech turns livestream into interactive platform
Richtech Robotics is taking a different approach. The Nevada-based company announced what it describes as a live, 24-hour interactive streaming platform featuring its dual-armed ADAM service robot. According to Richtech, online users will be able to chat with ADAM, ask questions and observe how the robot responds to human interaction in real time. The company says the platform will run continuously through its YouTube channel and will also be used to present other robots from its portfolio.
ADAM is a stationary or semi-stationary service system designed primarily for hospitality applications such as preparing and serving drinks. The robot uses NVIDIA Jetson Thor for onboard computing and has been developed using components of NVIDIA’s Isaac robotics platform. Richtech has positioned the livestream as a step towards making ADAM a robot “influencer”. This makes the initiative less of an industrial endurance test and more of an experiment in public interaction with embodied AI.
