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A factory in Salem, Oregon, is set to mass-produce 10,000 humanoid robots yearly, becoming the first in the world.

Agility Robotics’ factory, named RoboFab, will collaborate with major companies. A bipedal robot designed for warehouse work is currently being tested by Amazon to explore how it can assist in repetitive tasks, potentially creating new job categories.

Tye Brady, Amazon's chief roboticist: “Robots are good at taking on repetitive and predictable tasks, and by doing so, they can free up employees to take on more complex responsibilities that help us better deliver for customers.”

Globally, there is a race to produce humanoid robots, with China setting a goal to mass-produce humanoid robots by 2025.

Agility Robotics CEO Damion Shelton: “We've placed a very high priority on just getting robots out there as fast as possible. Our big plan is that we want to get to general-purpose humanoids as soon as we can.”