Two new AI colleagues are about to join the workforce: the M1 quadruped robot and the VLM-based dual-arm embodied AI system. Both promise to be useful in logistics, retail and industrial automation. Smarter than your average robot, they’re able to learn as they go, find their way around fiendishly complicated environments, carry heavy, awkwardly shaped loads, or understand instructions, break down tasks, and perform diverse operations. Their arrival signals a new era in industrial automation.