Sparkchaser Amazon is testing humanoid robots to deliver packages. This should be interesting and fun. Planning my obstacle course, now. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/05/amazon-testing-humanoid-robots-to-deliver-packages
telcodad Sparkchaser Amazon is testing humanoid robots to deliver packages. This should be interesting and fun. Planning my obstacle course, now. Awww man, I just set up some big nets in order to snag some of Amazon’s new delivery drones! 😉 Amazon’s drones deliver items in 60 minutes or less—here’s how we simplified the process Prime Air built an easy-to-use customer experience to make ordering and receiving a wide selection of items via drone delivery faster than ever. https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-drone-deliver-package
telcodad telcodad Awww man, I just set up some big nets in order to snag some of Amazon’s new delivery drones! 😉 All is not lost - I might be able snag some Walmart ones now! 😉 Walmart Expands Drone Delivery to Five States as it Fights With Amazon Offering 30 Minute Deliveries By Luke Bouma, Cord Cutters News - June 5, 2025 https://cordcuttersnews.com/walmart-expands-drone-delivery-to-five-states-as-it-fights-with-amazon-offering-30-minute-deliveries/
Bombtrad Sparkchaser Amazon is testing humanoid robots to deliver packages. And there go another 10,000 delivery and forwarding jobs to a metal, one time cost, delivery system that doesn’t want superannuation, medical benefits or time off. Welcome to your bright new world..
Blackbird …until the pop-up thunderstorms occur and the drones crash all over… blessing all those surprised folks along the way with items (and drones) raining from the sky.
HooRU I worked for Joe Engleberger decades ago. He and Devol gave us the industrial robot. He felt very strongly that robots should work in concert with human trainers and not replace people, but make work better for them. Joe is rolling in his grave. He was a very good man with a big heart.
px_eliezer_ Amazon is reportedly training humanoid robots to deliver packages The Information reports that Amazon is developing AI software that will enable robots to operate as package delivery workers that are ferried around in Rivian electric vans,…with Amazon aiming to have humanoid robots “hitch a ride in the back of Amazon’s electric Rivian vans and spring out to deliver packages.” https://www.theverge.com/news/680258/amazon-training-package-delivery-humanoid-robots (The word ROBOT was invented by Czech writer Karel Capek or maybe his brother). https://www.therobotreport.com/101-years-ago-origins-of-the-word-robot/
Thane_Bitter Sparkchaser So rather than the carcasses of discarded cars lining the street of inner city America there will be some mannequin like gutted robots.
dave Not to mention the occasional shotgun-blasted robot when one of them walking up a rural driveway is mistaken for an alien invasion.
broknsymetry Thane_Bitter We have greatly progressed - there used to be dead horses. …and other unpleasantness… https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2021/02/the-unpleasant-side-of-life-with-horses-in-cities/
telcodad broknsymetry We have greatly progressed - there used to be dead horses. I’d hate to be on the “roadkill” patrol there, then. Around here the most they have to contend with is an occasional (unfortunate) deer.
Sparkchaser I’m rigging my Ring doorbell up with a “robot zapper” or maybe just a net to capture it. Hey! It didn’t read the sign, “Robots keep off the lawn” 🙃
Somewhat-Reticent I remember a robot walking around the US did OK in most areas, until it reached Philadelphia PA, the City of Brotherly Love. Then it added to the supply of miscellaneous parts. In some neighborhoods an uninvited stranger risks being shot.
