Will Humanoid Robots Take Your Job? Challenges, Opportunities, and Timeline

Will humanoid robots and AI take your job?It's a question I've been hearing a lot. So, to get some perspective, I talked with Agility Robotics' CTO, Melonee Wise.You'll like this interview if you want to understand the bleeding edge of robotics and AI and where we'll first see humanoid robots.EPISODE LINKS- Full transcript: https://audrow-nash-podcast.github.io/transcripts/2-will-humanoid-robots-take-your-job-challenges-opportunities-and-timeline.html- Agility's website: https://agilityrobotics.com/- Agility's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agility-roboticsPODCAST LINKS- Watch and discuss on 𝕏: https://www.x.com/audrow- Watch or listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/74jWpWiLwsasY2QHtDcl8I- Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/audrow-nash-podcast/id1716486786- Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@audrow- Main podcast site: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/audrow1- RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/e2666f60/podcast/rss- Full transcripts: https://audrow-nash-podcast.github.io/transcripts- Podcast Github: https://github.com/audrow-nash-podcastOUTLINE(00:00:00) - Start(00:00:31) - Episode introduction(00:01:42) - Introducing Melonee + Agility Robotics(00:03:44) - Introducing Digit(00:05:17) - How’d Melonee to join Agility?(00:09:13) - Pivoting from curb to doorstep delivery(00:11:34) - Why Humanoids?(00:16:18) - How does Digit compare to people?(00:19:01) - Ethics of humanoid robots(00:25:09) - LLMs automation and white collar jobs(00:37:35) - Robot factory + suppliers in North America(00:42:53) - Reestablishing a trade class in the US(00:53:17) - Digit’s hands(00:55:55) - Thoughts on humanoids(01:01:45) - Timeline for humanoids(01:05:56) - What if you had your own ChatGPT?(01:08:35) - Best time to be in robotics or worst time?(01:10:07) - Advice for new roboticists(01:13:10) - Amazon trials(01:15:27) - Agility Robotics in the next 2-5 years(01:18:42) - Humanoids and spreadsheets? Is this the tipping point?(01:21:20) - What are you excited about in robotics now?(01:23:42) - Wrapping up