Logistics giant GXO is going big on humanoid robots – Humanoids from Agility Robotics, Reflex Robotics, and Apptronik are learning specific tasks.
https://www.businessinsider.com/gxo-brings-humanoid-robots-to-warehouses-2025-4
Logistics giant GXO is going big on humanoid robots – Humanoids from Agility Robotics, Reflex Robotics, and Apptronik are learning specific tasks.
https://www.businessinsider.com/gxo-brings-humanoid-robots-to-warehouses-2025-4
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>The [e-commerce logistics giant](https://www.businessinsider.com/gxo-is-hunting-for-logistics-acquisitions-heres-what-its-targeting-2022-3) is testing [humanlike robots](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-humanoid-robots-ai-benefits-optimus-2025-2) made by three different robotics firms as it explores ways to bring the most cutting-edge tech to the warehouses it operates for its customers.
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>They’re not quite there yet. For now, the humanoids that GXO is piloting focus on completing one task each.
>”We are going really broad and aggressive on the category,” Stoch said. “It’s because of where we see this going.”
>Digit, a humanoid robot made by Agility Robotics, is working at a GXO-operated Spanx warehouse in Atlanta, moving heavy containers from a 6 River Systems robot to a conveyor belt.
This kind of development should be heralded as a great step towards progress. But instead, we know that it will be used as a way to discipline the working class, and cause mass unemployment/poverty.
The “only prioritize short term profits” algorithm is failing humanity.