# Bad Influence story: Hang Zhao argues robot benchmarks ignoring inference time overstate performance

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-12 01:50. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/8c91a4c9-d1ee-4996-b622-14f5814b58d1

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Latest update (11-12 01:50): Xing Zhao presents a clock-based framework for robot intelligence at CoRL 2026

Overview: At CoRL 2026 in Austin, Tsinghua assistant professor and Galaxea CTO Hang Zhao gave an Early Career Keynote, one of three awarded this year, arguing that benchmarks which ignore inference time overstate robot performance. In RoboCasa experiments, direct and agentic control fell to 15% and 20% success under a real clock, according to the report, while layered designs with fast low-level control held up. The report frames these results as support for a clock-based framework for organizing robot intelligence.

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1. 11-12 01:50 · Leiphone · [Xing Zhao presents a clock-based framework for robot intelligence at CoRL 2026](https://badinfluence.news/items/mvtmrdkc3d2h8xph7keiz19uq)
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