Anthropic report finds robots can handle 74% of US physical tasks, but cost is the catch

Robots are technically capable of most physical work but cheaper than humans for only 0.3% of job tasks, according to Anthropic Robots can technically perform about three-quarters of the physical tasks done by US workers. They are cheaper than a human for just 0.3% of them. That gap sits at the center of a new Anthropic report. It reframes the robots-are-coming-for-your-job debate as a question about price, not ability. The report, titled “What work can robots do?”, was published on September 30, 2026.

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