The Vancouver, British Columbia-based company has now introduced Phoenix, its own take on the form factor. The bipedal robot is 5’7″ tall and weighs 155 pounds, making it similar to the people it intends to complement (or replace, depending on who you ask). The technology is capable of lifting objects weighing up to 55 pounds and traveling at speeds of up to three miles per hour.
The Vancouver, British Columbia-based company has now introduced Phoenix, its own take on the form factor. The bipedal robot is 5’7″ tall and weighs 155 pounds, making it similar to the people it intends to complement (or replace, depending on who you ask). The technology is capable of lifting objects weighing up to 55 pounds and traveling at speeds of up to three miles per hour.
Phoenix’s precursor was deployed in a Mark’s retail store outside of the company’s home Vancouver in March. Last week, the fifth-generation system conducted “110 retail-related [tasks], including front and back-of-store activities such as picking and packing merchandise, cleaning, tagging, labelling, folding, and more.”
The “general purpose” element of these humanoid robots is also important. In some ways, developing a system that can theoretically accomplish anything its human counterparts can in the workplace is a more difficult challenge than developing the technology itself.
