As Amazon relies more on robots for order fulfillment, it needs fewer human employees on staff. Amazon employs about 1.56 million people, with most working in warehouses.

Amazon has rolled out new robots, called Vulcan, which are able to "feel" with a human-like touch and can take over intricate tasks such as picking and packing from warehouse workers.

Amazon gave CNBC a first look at its new warehouse robot, Vulcan, that can “feel” objects, enabling it to do a job only humans could previously handle.

Inside Amazon’s 100,000-square-foot Greenwood warehouse—which provides the greater Indianapolis area same-day shipping for everything from paper plates to vitamins—robots and people collaborate in ...

Amazon has just unveiled its newest warehouse robot called Vulcan, which has a “sense of touch”. Designed to gently stow items using pressure-sensitive gripping and artificial intelligence (AI), ...

Although Amazon has stressed it is using its robotic workforce to augment the capabilities of its workers, it now has the lowest average number of human employees at its warehouses at 670.

Amazon unveiled more than 750-thousand robots it will use to sort, lift and carry packages in the company’s warehouses. But what does this mean for the online seller’s human workforce?

TL;DR: Amazon has now deployed a million robots in its fulfillment centers, as well as introducing DeepFleet, a new generative AI model that optimizes robot navigation to enable faster, more cost ...

Generative AI is playing a crucial role in the future development of Amazon’s warehouse robotics, a fleet that already totals more than 750,000 in the U.S. market to help workers identify, pack ...

As Amazon nears a 1:1 ratio of robots to human workers in UK warehouses, experts warn of massive job displacement. While Amazon promotes upskilling, the shift toward automation is reshaping Britain's ...

Amazon mostly uses purpose-specific robots in its facilities, but it has tested a humanoid robot called Digit from Agility Robotics for warehouse work back in 2023.

Putting in a robot system may take years. To save a great deal of money, Amazon may have to combine robots with self-driving cars. Fully autonomous cars have not been approved for broad use yet.