Launch Videos

The holy grail for robotics is being able to generalize.

The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).

2.3M views

More views than 87% of the library · #76 of 598

Runtime
6:01
Posted
Sep 17, 2026
Pace
156 wpm
Figure on X

The holy grail for robotics is being able to generalize: doing work in unseen places We…

6:01 · Sep 17, 2026

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Launch anatomy

When each beat happens. Beats that weren’t found are left out; the full transcript isn’t published.

Launch anatomy for FigureRuntime 6:01. First five seconds: Other spoken line. Company named at 9s. Demo starts at 1:38.0–5s hook · Other spoken lineCompany named at 9s9s Company namedDemo starts at 1:381:38 Demo starts0:001:303:004:316:01
  • First five secondsOther spoken line
  • Company named9s
  • Demo starts1:38

Not detected: product named, call to action

Narration pace

156 words a minute · brisk

Narration pace: 156 words per minute; library median 142.SparseConversationalBriskDenselibrary median 142

Launches at this pace have a median of 327k views (n=215). Pace covers the whole runtime, pauses included.

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PaceMedian viewsVideos (n)
Sparse (0–80)571,51184
Conversational (80–140)346,258185
Brisk (140–180)326,715215
Dense (180–+)670,38071

How it compares

  • 4.4× the median bold claim launch (532k, n=50)
  • 3.2× the median hardware/robotics launch (736k, n=33)
  • 5.8× the library median (407k, n=598)
Where this launch landsEach dot is one launch. The ringed dot is this one.
  1. All launchesn=598 · median 407k
  2. Bold claimn=50 · median 532k
  3. hardware/roboticsn=33 · median 736k

One launch Median This launchViews, log scale

Show the data
GroupVideosMedian25th pct75th pctMax
All launches598407,120103,0301,346,326138,357,050
Bold claim50532,014106,9571,889,27219,483,811
hardware/robotics33735,612203,1692,211,64344,763,150

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Hook style, category, “why it worked” and the takeaway are AI-assisted labels, not hand-reviewed. Beat timings miss some moments: “not detected” does not mean it never happened.

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Videos belong to the companies that posted them and play through X’s official embed, which loads only after you click. Hook labels and “why it worked” notes are AI-assisted analysis and can be wrong. Curated from public launch posts on X. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Corrections and removal