Amazon plans a $536 million robotic fulfillment center in Australia, where robots like Hercules and Sparrow will work alongside more than 1,000 human employees.

Four-legged robots that scramble up stairs, stride over rubble, and stream inspection data — no preorder, no lab coat ...

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