A component-sorting robot picks up items at the Obeta warehouse in Ludwigsfelde, Germany, Jan. 16, 2020. At the facility near Berlin, the new kind of robot is automating tasks that until recently had ...

A component-sorting robot picks up items at the Obeta warehouse in Ludwigsfelde, Germany, Jan. 16, 2020. At the facility near Berlin, the new kind of robot is automating tasks that until recently had ...

At a facility near Berlin, a new kind of robot is automating tasks that until recently had been out of the reach of machines. Credit...Video by Robert Rieger Supported by By Adam Satariano and Cade ...

LUDWIGSFELDE, Germany — Inside a warehouse on the outskirts of Berlin, a long line of blue crates moved down a conveyor belt, carrying light switches, sockets and other electrical parts. As they came ...