Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5, the latest version of its human-shaped robot, aimed at industrial work such as moving containers in warehouses and designed for safer operation alongside people. Unlike research humanoids built to show off, Digit targets a narrow set of repetitive logistics tasks it can do dependably.
Focusing on dull, physically demanding jobs, rather than trying to do everything, is the strategy most likely to make a humanoid pay for itself.
What it means: the first robots to earn their keep will not be all-purpose helpers but machines that do one boring, repetitive job well. For any business, the useful question is not "what can a robot do" but "which single repetitive task costs me the most," because that is where automation pays first.