Robots have been a staple at Amazon warehouses for more than a decade, performing tasks formerly completed by humans, including picking, sorting and moving packages. Now, Amazon plans to make human ...

Amazon's warehouse floor is turning into a test case for what happens when a retailer decides that every second and every cent in the supply chain is up for grabs. By aggressively rolling out robots ...

Amazon's warehouse network is racing toward a future in which fleets of machines handle much of the lifting, sorting, and shuttling that once fell to human workers, and internal projections suggest ...

Robots could soon outnumber their human counterparts at Amazon warehouses, as the online retail giant doubles down on its automated workforce, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal. Amazon ...

Across the top floors of an Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, about 10 miles south of Raleigh, the robots are already crowding out human workers. A sprawling robotic system in the middle of ...

One of the headline projects of Amazon's Robotics division's 2025 slate, Blue Jay was initially hailed as the culmination of Amazon's foray into autonomous robotics. Development time was significantly ...

Amazon’s Pegasus robotic drive system retrieves finished packages from employees and sorts them for delivery. Pegasus is one of three kinds of robots Amazon uses in its warehouses. (Photo courtesy of ...

A robot in Amazon’s fulfillment center follows an optimized path toward its target, guided by DeepFleet, the company’s new AI system designed to coordinate robotic traffic and reduce congestion on the ...

Facepalm: Amazon has responded to reports that the company aims to replace 600,000 US warehouse workers with robots by 2033. Predictably, it's trying to put a positive spin on the news, claiming that ...

Some of the biggest players in logistics are bullish on robots—especially those that are integrated with artificial intelligence systems. Earlier this month, Amazon cut the ribbon on an AI-enabled, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ron Schmelzer covers AI and data best practices at Forbes since 2018 Amazon’s robotics group announced last week that it just hit ...