[r/ML] [P] PhAIL (phail.ai) – an open benchmark for robot AI on real hardware. Best model: 5% of human throughput, needs help every 4 minutes.

Summary

A new open benchmark called PhAIL (phail.ai) has been developed to honestly evaluate robot AI models on real-world commercial tasks, specifically bin-to-bin order picking, due to a lack of transparent production metrics. Initial findings reveal that the best performing model achieves only 5% of human throughput and necessitates human intervention every four minutes. This benchmark highlights the significant gap between current robot AI capabilities and practical industrial requirements.

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