Replacing the warehouse "pickers" will probably happen. If you don't know they already have robots that bring over a whole shelf of random stuff, but grabbing the item and putting it in a box is still done by humans. The warehouse is a controlled environment in a fixed location, so existing robot arms would work - it's just a matter of getting the computer vision dialed in, and there have been huge advances in that field.
Delivery drivers? In 5 years? Autonomous vehicles are still twitchy in known locations and I don't see them getting to the global 'fire and forget' stage that quickly. And a delivery bot that can grab package and walk down paths, open gates, go up stairs, lift 40lbs, avoid pets, deal with uneven and slippery terrain - it's just not happening any time soon. We have functional prototypes of humanoid robots but they operate in controlled test environments with supervision - you can't just put them out on the street. You might use a big extendo arm mounted to the truck but then you have to worry about it getting caught on stuff.
Replacing the warehouse "pickers" will probably happen. If you don't know they already have robots that bring over a whole shelf of random stuff, but grabbing the item and putting it in a box is still done by humans. The warehouse is a controlled environment in a fixed location, so existing robot arms would work - it's just a matter of getting the computer vision dialed in, and there have been huge advances in that field.
Delivery drivers? In 5 years? Autonomous vehicles are still twitchy in known locations and I don't see them getting to the global 'fire and forget' stage that quickly. And a delivery bot that can grab package and walk down paths, open gates, go up stairs, lift 40lbs, avoid pets, deal with uneven and slippery terrain - it's just not happening any time soon. We have functional prototypes of humanoid robots but they operate in controlled test environments with supervision - you can't just put them out on the street. You might use a big extendo arm mounted to the truck but then you have to worry about it getting caught on stuff.