A humanoid warehouse worker, Digit walked upright on goatlike legs and grabbed bins off a shelf with muscular arms made from aerospace-grade aluminum.
It then placed the boxes on an assembly line and walked back to the shelf to search for more.
Machines like Digit are ready to take over a vast swath of physical labor, from operating forklifts to doing the laundry.
Mr. Kyslinger, an engineer who has spearheaded automation for some of the largest retailers in the world, including Amazon and Walmart, is passionate about the potential of robots to improve the quality of life for workers.
Robots free humans from boredom, repetition, physical strain and productivity limits that can put their jobs at risk, he believes.
Persons:
ChatGPT, Ron Kyslinger, Kyslinger
Organizations:
Amazon, Walmart
Locations:
ProMat, Oregon