USF is working to improve communication in emergencies and everyday life by teaching robots to project instructions onto piles of rubble, walls and even chairs.

Many of the environments where human-facing universal robots can provide benefits — homes, hospitals, schools — are sensitive and personal.

As of last December, the state had over 154,000 Amazon jobs - the most in the country - as well as 68 fulfillment and sortation centers and 61 delivery stations. Amazon recently announced a 30,000-worker hiring surge in the state to help with the holidays,