Amazon shows Digit workshop robot: undertaking "manual work" and "dangerous task", is in the testing stage

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Alejandro86 for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, October 20 (Xinhua)-- Amazon has issued a press release showing the "Digit" robot in a Texas warehouse.

Amazon said that the "Digit" robot, which is currently in the testing stage, is mainly used to undertake a large number of tasks that are "too repetitive, physically demanding or too dangerous for humans."

▲ source Amazon has learned that the "Digit" robot is designed in a "human" shape and can use both hands to carry empty boxes and plastic boxes with a small number of small pieces while being more approachable.

The "Digit" robot, which is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds, is currently capable of picking and moving objects weighing up to 35 pounds.

In addition, Amazon also unveiled a robot called "Sequoia", which is mainly used to "faster identify and store inventory in the operations center". It claims to be able to reduce the time it takes to process orders through the operations center by more than 25%, improve shipping predictability, and increase Amazon's "number of goods to be served on the same day or the next day."

▲ image source Amazon