In the warehouses that power global commerce with goods connected to every manufacturing vertical industry, a change is beginning to take shape. This change isn’t about faster conveyor belts or smarter sorting systems; it’s about humanoid robots. Adrian Stoch, CEO Americas at Hai Robotics and former chief automation officer at GXO Logistics, can almost hear your laughter and see your eyerolls at this statement. But he believes humanoid robots represent the most transformative technology to hit manufacturing and warehouse operations in decades — and he’s in a position to separate the hype from reality. “I can’t stress enough how this is going to change warehouse logistics,” Stoch said during his keynote presentation at the RoboGeorgia 2025 Summit, held at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. “Humanoids are going to change warehouse logistics.”

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