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 wants more of these... everywhere. - Cindy Shebley via Getty UPDATE Wednesday, 12:15 p.m. ET: This story includes a statement from Amazon responding to the New York Times article. Referencing ...

The sparrow robot is able to pick up unpackaged items to sort them at Amazon's BOS27 Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Massachusetts on November 10, 2022. - Nothing is a matter of chance at ...

While the introduction of robotics at Amazon is still in an early phase, the technological transformation underway continues existing practices of work intensification, degradation, discipline, and ...

It’s hard to think of any other company that has shaped the labor market as much as Amazon has over the past two decades. Now, internal documents and interviews obtained by the New York Times point to ...

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 ...

Package delivery didn’t work because the robot still needed a human driver to get around town. Custom-built robots were better at inspecting finished products at the end of a manufacturing line — arms ...

The arrival of new robots, especially to places like Amazon delivery centers, has sparked a big debate. Some say they are stealing human jobs while others argue they’re creating a bigger market for ...