Humanoid Robots Finally Get Real Jobs, Powered With AI Brains – WSJ

In a large, brightly lit warehouse in Flowery Branch, Ga., a pair of human-shaped robots made by Agility Robotics tiptoe across polished concrete floors, their gait oddly mincing. Their legs end in narrow, hoof-like feet sheathed in custom nonslip shoes. They stoop to retrieve bins full of Spanx shapewear, then carry them to a nearby conveyor belt.

While their jobs may be straightforward and menial, these  Digit robots are a direct replacement for the humans who would otherwise be doing this work. They are also a flexible bridge between the other less versatile automated machines common in warehouses and factories. In this way, a humanoid robot like Digit represents the next step in an evolution that stretches back to the invention of the assembly line in the speedup and automation of processes essential to e-commerce, manufacturing, agriculture and every other part of our physical and built environment.

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Things are going to get really weird.