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Figure Humanoid Robots Get Jobs With JCPenney, Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers (www.forbes.com)
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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Exactly will these robots being doing at JC Penny?

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

If I know anything about their training, staring at their phones and avoiding eye contact with customers.

[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 18 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

rtfa. they're doing a trial at distribution centers. this is mostly training for the AI at this point. there's no way they're putting these things to work in stores yet. one Flipper Zero incident away from losing a half a million dollars.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I should really get one of those. I have no idea what I'd do with it, but I want one.

[–] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

They're expensive. You could learn a lot building your own if you want to.

https://github.com/proxytype/ZeroBro

Then once you start playing with ZeroBro you'll end up buying your own flipper lol.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The only thing I remember seeing was a guy who copied the transponder things from ambulances and fire trucks and such to always have green lights.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 hours ago

Become the first generation ... the founding generation of the AI Robot Brotherhood ... that we will be battling in the global AI war in 2050.

[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The humanoid robots will first assistant employees in the facility’s Joey Pouch sorting system sequencing, a computerized induction, sorting and packing system. Moving forward, Figure and Catalyst will identify the best use cases for humanoid automation across the system. ~ from a different article

So basically this: https://youtu.be/rTej9ym9UQc

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

Imagine being employee working along side the thing that going make you unemployed and out on the street. What fuck no way would I put up with that.

I'm shocked that Amazon isn't putting this in its warehouses.

[–] rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 hours ago

they kinda do, it's called forklift

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

It's iRobot happening in real time

[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

Amazon already had this automated without humanoid robots. They don't need a drop-in solution, but they're most likely not selling this. https://youtu.be/0MCMB53jlIk