Creepy robots featuring arms, legs, two eyes, but no other facial features appeared alongside real workers. Warehouse Lift heavy boxes and containers for the first time.
The humanoid Autobot, named Apollo, stands 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 160 pounds, and can weigh objects up to 55 pounds, according to its designer, Austin, Texas-based technology company Aptronic. can be moved.
The company declined to say where Apollo is deployed, but said its robots are designed to perform menial tasks, but that one day they will be able to do chores around the house.
Apptronik CEO Jeff Cardenas said, “We will start working in the supply chain first, doing basic material handling tasks, moving boxes and totes.” told news site Axios.
But Apollo can’t run for 8 full hours on a single charge. Battery life is only he 4 hours.
Cardenas said his company has built two Apollo robots so far, with four more in production.
Economists believe robots like Apollo, once mass-produced and brought to market, could fill jobs in areas such as aged care, manufacturing and security.
“SF has promised us these things for a long time,” Cardenas told Axios.
The current Apollo version “includes early applications,” but “this is a software update away from new features and functionality,” Cardenas said.
Like Rosie in The Jetsons, Apollo might one day help out with the household chores.
“Long-term, there are really limits to what you can do with this kind of system,” Cardenas said.
For now, the company plans to create a beta with less than 100 versions available outside of the lab.
“From there, we will move into full-scale production by the end of 2024,” Cardenas said.
Other companies leading the race to develop human-like robots include Tesla, Boston Dynamics, Samsung Electronics and Hansung Robotics.
Last year, Tesla announced plans to install “thousands” of humanoid robots in its factories.
The company unveiled Optimus at a concert-like show last year, and Optimus is said to have learned to navigate on its own, sense the world around it, and pick things up on its own.
Boston Dynamics has unveiled Atlas, considered the world’s most advanced humanoid robot, which has been proven to be able to walk, dance, backflip and leap.
Last year, Goldman Sachs predicted that humanoid robots “could become economically viable in factory environments in 2025-2028 and in consumer applications in 2030-35.” announced a report to
Wall Street investment banks “estimate that a $6 billion (or more) market for human-sized and shaped robots is achievable within the next 10 to 15 years.”
“Such a market could fill 4% of the projected US manufacturing labor shortage by 2030 and 2% of the global aged care demand by 2035,” said Gold. Mann predicted.
