"Digit" the robot can balance on one foot,
navigate obstacles and fold itself to fit into the back of a car. One other
thing — Digit can also use its arms to carry and deliver packages straight to
your door, and even ask for help if a problem occurs along the way.No wonder
that a big company like automaker
Ford has purchased two of the robots
to explore how the technology,
developed by Agility Robotics and
presented at the Consumer Electronics
Show in Las Vegas this week, might be used in a warehouse setting and for
delivering goods. Indeed, an increasingly sophisticated generation of robots is proving capable of doing a
wide range of jobs, from bringing you toilet paper to flipping burgers and
performing surgery. Most experts say robots will increasingly complement
flesh-and-blood workers by taking over certain tasks, rather than replacing
them wholesale. Others fear that widespread automation will kill jobs. But what's
clear is that robots are marching
into the American workplace. Here are just a few of the jobs and industries experts say could be
transformed along the way.
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