Amazon says Digit is designed to "work collaboratively" with employees, not replace them.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAmazon recently began testing a new robot in its warehouse operations — meet Digit, a humanoid bipedal robot with a turquoise torso and smiley eyes.
However, most of the other warehouse robots have been cart-shaped or robotic arms, not humanoid like Digit.
Unlike the company's other warehouse robots, Amazon says Digit is better designed to operate in spaces designed for humans.
In community forums, warehouse workers discussed the possibility that Sparrow might result in empty warehouses, with only small teams of human employees to repair the robots.
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