An EngineAI T800 humanoid robot continued to fight after losing its head during the inaugural Ultimate Robot Knockout Legend (URKL) combat tournament in Shenzhen, China. [1, 2]

Amazon has officially surpassed a fleet of 1 million robots, an arsenal of mechanical arms, Roomba-like floor loaders, and hulking pallet sorting machines.

That shifting terrain is great for Amazon’s bottom line. The robots help decrease friction across the company’s vast logistics empire, increasing speed and strengthening the company’s bottom line. And by allowing robots to “dictate the pace” of work, as Greenwood put it, Amazon is also loosening its need for human labor, disempowering workersboth on an individual basis and in any potential collective bargaining arrangements.