# Zhiyuan's Peng Zhihui proposes Worken metric for robot workload

- Source: The Humanoid Hub
- Published: 2026-10-31T04:45:43.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/jhctk94lwc8juxn50fglojb5o
- Original: https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2116391141033804035

## Summary

Peng Zhihui of Zhiyuan Robotics proposed using Worken (Work + Token) to measure a robot's actual workload, with the formula: number of active robots × autonomous working hours × output efficiency. It counts only time spent genuinely executing tasks and running autonomously, with output compared against a human baseline. The metric draws on cloud computing's usage-based metering approach and is intended to shift the industry's competition from shipment volumes, units off the line, and fleet size toward work actually completed.