The delivery industry will soon be shaken by the irruption of robots. Ford, the mega cars, pick-up trucks and SUVs producer, is set to launch a delivery robot which basically transports packages from a self-driving car to clients’ doorsteps.
Thanks to a partnership with Agility Robotics, they produced a human-like robot capable of carrying 40-pound packages.
The robot goes by the name : “Digit”, it can climb steps, walk on uneven ground, navigate around obstacles on its path in order to place a package in front of a door.
If Ford’s Digit gets confused while carrying a package, it asks guidance from the Ford’s vehicles.
Ford still didn’t disclose whether or not it will launch a commercial delivery program with Digit.
Previously, Ford test drove a similar program with Domino’s to deliver their pizzas but customers had to walk to the delivery vehicle and enter a code on a touchpad before a back-seat window would open to reveal their ordered pizza.
In a world totally run by profits and losses, the makers of such robots might should perhaps consider the fact that as they are trying to replace certain jobs with AI, one day their jobs might be jeopardized and face the same fate. As the popular saying goes, “As you do to others, the same shall be done to you”.
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