diff --git a/src/control_backend/api/v1/endpoints/robot.py b/src/control_backend/api/v1/endpoints/robot.py
index 21db77d..afbf1ac 100644
--- a/src/control_backend/api/v1/endpoints/robot.py
+++ b/src/control_backend/api/v1/endpoints/robot.py
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ import json
 import logging
 
 import zmq.asyncio
-from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException, Request
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Request
 from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse
-from pydantic import ValidationError
 from zmq.asyncio import Context, Socket
 
 from control_backend.core.config import settings
@@ -28,18 +27,10 @@ async def receive_command_speech(command: SpeechCommand, request: Request):
     :param command: The speech command payload.
     :param request: The FastAPI request object.
     """
-    # Validate and retrieve data.
-    try:
-        validated = SpeechCommand.model_validate(command)
-    except ValidationError as e:
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=422, detail=f"Payload is not valid SpeechCommand: {e}"
-        ) from e
-
     topic = b"command"
 
     pub_socket: Socket = request.app.state.endpoints_pub_socket
-    await pub_socket.send_multipart([topic, validated.model_dump_json().encode()])
+    await pub_socket.send_multipart([topic, command.model_dump_json().encode()])
 
     return {"status": "Speech command received"}
 
@@ -56,18 +47,10 @@ async def receive_command_gesture(command: GestureCommand, request: Request):
     :param command: The speech command payload.
     :param request: The FastAPI request object.
     """
-    # Validate and retrieve data.
-    try:
-        validated = GestureCommand.model_validate(command)
-    except ValidationError as e:
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=422, detail=f"Payload is not valid GestureCommand: {e}"
-        ) from e
-
     topic = b"command"
 
     pub_socket: Socket = request.app.state.endpoints_pub_socket
-    await pub_socket.send_multipart([topic, validated.model_dump_json().encode()])
+    await pub_socket.send_multipart([topic, command.model_dump_json().encode()])
 
     return {"status": "Gesture command received"}