# Robots Can Already Perform Three-Quarters of America's Physical Tasks by Russell Legate-Yang and Maxim Massenkoff > "We find that robots can already perform 74% of physical tasks in the US, making up 34% of working hours. Robots and LLMs together expose all but one-fifth of employment." > **— Russell Legate-Yang and Maxim Massenkoff**, *What work can robots do?, September 30, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication:** [What work can robots do?](https://www.anthropic.com/research/what-work-can-robots-do) — published September 30, 2026. - **Exact published statement:** “We find that robots can already perform 74% of physical tasks in the US, making up 34% of working hours. Robots and LLMs together expose all but one-fifth of employment.” - **Context and evidence boundary:** The authors distinguish technical exposure from economic adoption: their same study finds that current robots remain cost-competitive with human labor for only 0.3% of tasks. - **Weekly source dossier:** [[research/Weekly Reminder Hunt - 2026-10-02|Weekly Reminder Hunt — October 2, 2026]] preserves the selection rationale and the other authoritative statements reviewed in the same production cycle. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Russell Legate-Yang|Russell Legate-Yang]] - [[wiki/Maxim Massenkoff|Maxim Massenkoff]] - [[wiki/Generalist Robotics|Generalist Robotics]] - [[wiki/Humanoid Robotics|Humanoid Robotics]] - [[wiki/AI Labor Substitution|AI Labor Substitution]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "We find that robots can already perform 74% of physical tasks in the US, making up 34% of working hours. Robots and LLMs together expose all but one-fifth of employment." — Russell Legate-Yang and Maxim Massenkoff, What work can robots do?, September 30, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-massenkoff-robots-can-already-perform-three-quarters-america ```