Watch This Giant Chopstick Robot Handle Boxes With Ease

Although robots are already in warehouses, shuffling small items between bins for shipping or storage, they have yet to take over the job of lugging big, heavy things. And that’s just where they could be of the most use, because lugging is hard for people to do.

Several companies are working on the problem, and there’s likely to be plenty of room for all of them, because the opportunity is enormous. There are a lot of trailers out there that need to be unloaded. Arguably the most interesting approach comes from Dextrous Robotics, which has a robot that moves boxes around with a giant…