Amazon warehouse robots | Automation could move us away from being employee-driven

E-commerce giant Amazon recently announced that, in a first of its kind move, it had introduced human-like robots into its warehouses, hinting at the growing integration of technology into workplaces we are likely to see soon.

The new technology, Digit, a robot with two arms and legs that can pick up and put down crates in the warehouse, is being tested to see if it can “eliminate all the menial, mundane and repetitive” tasks traditionally endured by human workers.

Yet, spectators warn that quick advancements in tech could make many jobs redundant sooner than we realise.

Amazon’s Digit announcement came at the same time the company said the use of drone technology to deliver parcels at record time would be coming to the UK.