Inside Amazon's 'dystopian' new robot warehouses: Fears for company's 1.5 million human workers as Amazon employs humanoids to do 'mundane and repetitive' tasks

Humanoid robots which can pick up packages with robotic arms are working alongside human workers in an Amazon warehouse in the U.S., the retail giant has announced. The humanoid robot called Digit is under test in a warehouse in Texas, and has arms and legs and can grasp and handle packages like a human worker. Amazon now has 750,000 robots working in facilities around the world, but the move to humanoid robots is new - sparking fears for the future of human workers at the company. The company has denied that it intends to move to'robot only' warehouses. The bipedal robot is currently being used to shift empty tote boxes in the warehouse: it is five foot nine inches tall, weighing 140lb - and can pick up and carry objects weighing up to 35lb.