Warehouse demo debate says an AMR with arms may be more practical than a humanoid
BradPorter_ · x · 2026-07-21
## Robot demo critique argues an AMR plus arms may beat a humanoid for warehouse work In a reply about Amazon-style demos, the author argues that for tasks like moving console covers into racks, the practical setup is usually an **AMR placed next to the workstation**, with the human making only a 90-degree turn. The point of the thread is that a humanoid can look odd in this setting: if the job is mostly fixed-position manipulation, the author says a wheeled base with one or two arms may make more sense than giving the machine legs.
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