# The 99% Robot: Inside the Simulation Bet the Industry Is Making on Unverified Numbers

- slug: the-99-robot-inside-the-simulation-bet-the-industry-is-making-on-unverified-numbers
- date: 2026-04-17
- category: Robotics

Factories are training robots in simulation and deploying them to real floors based on a single unverified claim: 99% accuracy. ABB made the number. Nobody else has checked it. Cadence and Nvidia just announced they are building tools to close the gap anyway.

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