Which Jobs Are Robots Coming For?
Robots we track are targeting 316 distinct categories of human work. This page ranks every one of them by how many commercially available robots threaten it — 87 machines in total, 77 of them shipping today. The most-targeted job right now is warehouse picker (7 robots). Rankings are recomputed from our weekly-verified catalog on every site build; last verification pass: October 18, 2026.
Categories in green link to a full breakdown of the robots targeting them.
- warehouse picker 7 robots
- palletizer 6 robots
- taxi driver 6 robots
- automotive assembly worker 4 robots
- machine tending operator 4 robots
- airport shuttle driver 3 robots
- material handler 3 robots
- order fulfillment associate 3 robots
- rideshare driver 3 robots
- automotive spot welder (body shop) 2 robots
- commercial cleaner 2 robots
- dairy parlour milker 2 robots
- inventory clerk 2 robots
- last-mile delivery driver 2 robots
- light assembly worker 2 robots
- light manufacturing operator 2 robots
- machine tender 2 robots
- machine tender / CNC loader-unloader 2 robots
- order picker 2 robots
- palletiser 2 robots
- quality control inspector 2 robots
- regional Class 8 freight driver 2 robots
- returns processor 2 robots
- ride-hailing driver 2 robots
- seasonal farm laborer 2 robots
- warehouse order picker 2 robots
- adhesive and sealant applicator 1 robot
- adhesive dispenser 1 robot
- agricultural equipment operator 1 robot
- agricultural hand-weeder (organic hoeing crew) 1 robot
- agricultural spray-rig operator 1 robot
- airport / transit hub floor-care technician 1 robot
- airport baggage handler 1 robot
- airport transfer driver 1 robot
- apple / stone-fruit harvest crew 1 robot
- arc welder 1 robot
- assembly line worker 1 robot
- assembly operator 1 robot
- assistant herdsperson (roles built around milking shifts) 1 robot
- automotive assembly line worker 1 robot
- automotive body shop assembler 1 robot
- automotive line-side logistics operator 1 robot
- automotive logistics material handler 1 robot
- automotive parts assembler 1 robot
- barcode scanning clerk 1 robot
- barista 1 robot
- battery pack end-of-line tester 1 robot
- big-box retail cleaner 1 robot
- blocklayer / mason 1 robot
- body-panel material handler 1 robot
- bricklayer 1 robot
- busser 1 robot
- cart pusher / tugger operator 1 robot
- case packer (end-of-line packaging operator) 1 robot
- case packer / packaging line operator 1 robot
- case picker 1 robot
- chain coffee shop barista 1 robot
- CNC machine operator 1 robot
- CNC machine tender 1 robot
- commercial building janitor 1 robot
- commercial event performer 1 robot
- commissary kitchen line server 1 robot
- construction laborer (walling) 1 robot
- construction layout technician 1 robot
- construction site material handler 1 robot
- construction surveyor's assistant 1 robot
- contract crop-protection crew member 1 robot
- contract spray crew laborer 1 robot
- convenience store and pharmacy clerk 1 robot
- convention usher 1 robot
- conveyor loader 1 robot
- corporate showroom receptionist 1 robot
- crop scout 1 robot
- CT-guided lung biopsy radiologist 1 robot
- customs and border inspection assistant 1 robot
- dairy herdsperson (milking duties) 1 robot
- delivery station sorter 1 robot
- depalletizer 1 robot
- die-cast extraction operator 1 robot
- dispensing and gluing operator 1 robot
- distribution center night-shift sorter 1 robot
- distribution center sorter 1 robot
- domestic and care support worker (stated target, unproven) 1 robot
- e-commerce pick-and-pack associate 1 robot
- early-season hand-weeding crew laborer 1 robot
- eldercare companion (non-physical, presence & conversation) 1 robot
- electric vehicle battery QA technician 1 robot
- electronics assembly and quality inspection worker 1 robot
- electronics assembly line worker (3C) 1 robot
- electronics assembly worker 1 robot
- electronics factory quality inspector 1 robot
- emotional-support / social-interaction roles 1 robot
- end-of-line bagger / bag stacker 1 robot
- entry-level production welder 1 robot
- exhibition and reception staff 1 robot
- exhibition hall guide 1 robot
- exhibition hall tour guide 1 robot
- facilities cleaner 1 robot
- factory line operator (light assembly) 1 robot
- farm equipment operator 1 robot
- farm spray-crew laborer 1 robot
- fast-food line cook 1 robot
- field engineer (manual layout) 1 robot
- field sprayer operator 1 robot
- field sprayer operator (herbicide spray runs) 1 robot
- food delivery courier 1 robot
- food delivery courier (gig platform rider) 1 robot
- food production line worker 1 robot
- food runner 1 robot
- food-prep worker 1 robot
- forklift driver (low-load segments) 1 robot
- foundry / forging operator 1 robot
- foundry die-cast machine operator 1 robot
- foundry machine operator 1 robot
- freight unloader 1 robot
- fried-chicken fry cook 1 robot
- front-desk receptionist 1 robot
- fruit picker (orchard harvest worker) 1 robot
- fulfillment associate 1 robot
- fulfillment center outbound dock associate 1 robot
- gig delivery worker (Uber Eats / DoorDash) 1 robot
- glue dispensing operator 1 robot
- grinding and deburring operator 1 robot
- grocery last-mile delivery driver 1 robot
- heavy parts material handler 1 robot
- heavy warehouse picker (rough terrain) 1 robot
- herdsperson (the heat- and mastitis-detection portion, absorbed by RePro and in-line cell counting) 1 robot
- high-voltage connector operator 1 robot
- HoLEP / laser enucleation subspecialist urologist 1 robot
- home care aide 1 robot
- hospital operating room circulating nurse (arthroplasty service lines losing volume to ASCs) 1 robot
- host / hostess 1 robot
- hot-food restaurant delivery driver 1 robot
- hotel concierge / front-desk staff 1 robot
- hotel greeter 1 robot
- hotel housekeeper 1 robot
- hotel lobby greeter 1 robot
- hotel room attendant 1 robot
- hotel shuttle driver 1 robot
- housekeeper 1 robot
- implant company case-support representative 1 robot
- in-vehicle safety operator 1 robot
- indoor pallet truck operator 1 robot
- industrial facility inspector (manufacturing plant walk-downs) 1 robot
- industrial welder 1 robot
- inspection technician 1 robot
- interventional pulmonologist 1 robot
- intraoperative radiologic technologist (C-arm / fluoroscopy) 1 robot
- inventory / cycle counter 1 robot
- inventory stock clerk 1 robot
- kitchen line worker 1 robot
- knapsack pesticide sprayer 1 robot
- knapsack sprayer operator 1 robot
- labour-hire mine equipment operator 1 robot
- laparoscopic surgeon performing high-volume routine procedures 1 robot
- Las Vegas Strip limousine and chauffeur driver 1 robot
- last-mile cargo handler (rough terrain) 1 robot
- light assembly line operator 1 robot
- light assembly line worker 1 robot
- light-duty in-home service worker 1 robot
- light-to-medium assembly line worker 1 robot
- lithium battery cell assembly operator 1 robot
- logistics and warehouse handler 1 robot
- logistics handler 1 robot
- logistics tote handler 1 robot
- long-haul (over-the-road) truck driver 1 robot
- long-haul truck driver 1 robot
- machine feeder and offbearer 1 robot
- machine tender / loader-unloader 1 robot
- manual chalk-line layout crew 1 robot
- manual field-scouting crew member 1 robot
- manual field-weeding crew 1 robot
- manual pallet stacker 1 robot
- manual pesticide applicator 1 robot
- manual seed-drill operator 1 robot
- manual weeding crew member 1 robot
- manual weeding crew member (hand-hoeing crew) 1 robot
- manufacturing inspection worker 1 robot
- material handler (crowded-cell parts handling and positioning) 1 robot
- meal-assembly portioner 1 robot
- middle-mile box truck driver (CDL) 1 robot
- milk harvest technician 1 robot
- milking machine operator 1 robot
- mine-site shift driver 1 robot
- mining haul truck driver 1 robot
- mining site logistics worker 1 robot
- night watchman 1 robot
- night-shift building custodian 1 robot
- night-shift haulage crew supervisor 1 robot
- off-premise food runner 1 robot
- office building reception 1 robot
- offshore oil & gas platform inspection technician 1 robot
- oil refinery inspector 1 robot
- oilfield/frac sand hauling truck driver (CDL) 1 robot
- open-pit haul-truck operator 1 robot
- operating room circulating nurse (reduced per-procedure headcount as robot workflows standardize) 1 robot
- operating room scrub / circulating nurse (standardized robotic-workflow procedures) 1 robot
- orchard / vineyard spray-rig operator 1 robot
- order picker (grocery and instant retail) 1 robot
- order selector 1 robot
- organic farm weed scout 1 robot
- orthopaedic first assistant 1 robot
- orthopaedic surgical technologist 1 robot
- orthopedic / neurosurgical surgical technologist 1 robot
- orthopedic surgeon running a non-robotic arthroplasty practice (referral volume and hiring) 1 robot
- orthopedic surgical technologist (scrub tech, via leaner team sizes as cases move to ambulatory surgery centers) 1 robot
- owner-operator trucker 1 robot
- packaging line operator 1 robot
- paid companion / companionship aide 1 robot
- pallet jack operator 1 robot
- palletizer / depalletizer 1 robot
- palletizer / packaging line worker 1 robot
- palletizer operator 1 robot
- parcel handler 1 robot
- parcel packer 1 robot
- parking facility patrol officer 1 robot
- parts handler 1 robot
- parts kitter 1 robot
- parts sequencing operator 1 robot
- peak-season temporary picker 1 robot
- personal assistant (residential) 1 robot
- pesticide applicator 1 robot
- pharmacy and medical courier 1 robot
- photovoltaic module line worker 1 robot
- pick-and-place assembly operator 1 robot
- pipeline corridor inspector 1 robot
- planogram compliance auditor 1 robot
- point-to-point transport worker 1 robot
- power plant security guard 1 robot
- precision agriculture technician 1 robot
- press brake and stamping operator 1 robot
- press operator 1 robot
- press tender (heavy metal fabrication) 1 robot
- price-audit and tag-change clerk 1 robot
- private hire / chauffeur 1 robot
- private hire chauffeur 1 robot
- production line inspector 1 robot
- production line material handler 1 robot
- production line quality inspector (visual and tactile inspection) 1 robot
- public safety perimeter patrol officer 1 robot
- putaway clerk 1 robot
- putaway worker 1 robot
- quality inspection operator 1 robot
- quality inspector 1 robot
- regional air freight crew 1 robot
- regional cargo pilot (Part 135 feeder) 1 robot
- regional DC-to-store shuttle driver 1 robot
- relief / seasonal milker 1 robot
- relief milker 1 robot
- replenishment associate 1 robot
- restaurant delivery courier 1 robot
- restaurant server / waiter 1 robot
- retail distribution centre worker 1 robot
- retail distribution driver 1 robot
- retail floor associate (information desk) 1 robot
- retail floor associate / in-store product demonstrator 1 robot
- retail inventory clerk 1 robot
- retail shelf stocker 1 robot
- returns processing clerk 1 robot
- ride-hail driver 1 robot
- riveting and flow-drilling operator 1 robot
- row crop hand laborer 1 robot
- row-crop hoeing laborer 1 robot
- scenic site tour guide 1 robot
- science museum docent 1 robot
- screwdriving operator 1 robot
- seasonal field hand 1 robot
- seasonal field laborer 1 robot
- seasonal vegetable sowing worker 1 robot
- security / perimeter patrol guard 1 robot
- security guard (unarmed patrol) 1 robot
- security patrol officer 1 robot
- self-piercing rivet (SPR) operator 1 robot
- sheet metal handler 1 robot
- sheet metal loader 1 robot
- showroom and dealership greeter 1 robot
- showroom attendant 1 robot
- shuttle driver 1 robot
- small-parts pick-and-place operator 1 robot
- specialty-crop tractor operator 1 robot
- spot welding operator 1 robot
- stamping press tender 1 robot
- sterile processing technician (cystoscope reprocessing) 1 robot
- stock room associate 1 robot
- storage zone operator 1 robot
- store-replenishment picker 1 robot
- substation patrol technician 1 robot
- supermarket floor greeter 1 robot
- surface mine equipment operator 1 robot
- surface mine heavy equipment operator 1 robot
- surgical first assistant (laparoscopic and urologic procedures) 1 robot
- surgical first assistant (limb positioning and retraction portion of the role) 1 robot
- surgical first assistant (specific subtasks the wristed instruments absorb) 1 robot
- surgical first assistant (spine) 1 robot
- surgical technologist (instrument-handling roles where modular arm carts cut prep and turnover labor) 1 robot
- thoracic surgeon (diagnostic lung biopsy) 1 robot
- tote handler 1 robot
- tractor boom-sprayer operator 1 robot
- tractor operator 1 robot
- tractor sprayer operator 1 robot
- trailer loader-unloader 1 robot
- transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) surgeon 1 robot
- university library help-desk staff 1 robot
- urology operating room surgical technologist 1 robot
- utility line maintenance assistant 1 robot
- utility substation inspection technician 1 robot
- vineyard / orchard field hand 1 robot
- warehouse material handler 1 robot
- warehouse material handler (pallet and slip-sheet handling portion of the role) 1 robot
- warehouse operative 1 robot
- warehouse sorter 1 robot
- warehouse stocker 1 robot
- warehouse tote and shelf mover 1 robot
- water cart operator (indirect) 1 robot
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