Honey, the Amazon humanoid delivery robot is here! (well, almost)

If Amazon has its way in the future, you might see a humanoid robot jogging to your door to deliver packages.

According to a report from The Information (citing an insider source) that was later shared by other media outlets, Amazon is working on software for human-like robots that would allow the robots to deliver packages.

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The report noted that these robots would "hitch a ride in the back of Amazon's electric Rivian vans" (Amazon says there are currently more than 20,000 of the custom-designed electric vans in service) and "spring out to deliver packages." 

Since Amazon's Rivian vans are still human-driven (for now), this seems to indicate that the robots are counterparts to a human driver instead of a replacement. Perhaps it will be a ...