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-robotics

PODCAST 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-podcast

OUTLINE
(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