Amazon is testing out humanoid robots for fulfillment center tasks. Named Digit and produced by Agility Robotics, it's fair to say they don't look anything like the competition:

Left to right: Apptronik Apollo, Fourier Intelligence GR-1, Figure, Sanctuary AI Phoenix

The Digit 'bot, with its satyr-like legs:

"Amazon's initial use of Digit," writes Agility Robotics, "will be to help employees with tote recycling; a highly repetitive process of picking up and moving empty totes once inventory has been completely picked out of them."

You can see the way that they move in the video below:

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Here's how they get back up if they fall over:

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Just a little unsettling.

Agility says they're shipping these to partners next year, with general market availability to follow in 2025.