Warehouse workers face new competition: A humanlike robot

Agility Robotics’ robot Digit performs maneuvers at the company’s office in Pittsburgh. Standing at 5 feet, 9 inches and weighing 140 pounds (64kg), Digit can only carry 35 pounds (15kg). Its battery pack now lasts about two hours, but that run time is expected to double with the production model, Shelton said. — AP

Warehouse workers could soon face new competition from robots: GXO Logistics Inc is testing a humanoid model at its facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia.

The robot, nicknamed Digit and made by Agility Robotics, a Corvallis, Oregon-based startup, is a little slow grabbing the Spanx apparel and putting it on a conveyor belt, but promises to get better with time.