Let's be real: Robots doing the grunt work at Amazon warehouses is nothing new; they've been sorting and moving packages for over a decade. But that was just the beginning. Amazon is now reportedly ...

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 ...

Could the days of mass human hiring at Amazon warehouses be numbered? The e-commerce company is looking to ramp up the use of automation in the coming years, which would allow it to hire about 600,000 ...

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 ...

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is considering plans to boost its robot automation to the point that it can replace 600,000 jobs it would have otherwise had to hire for before 2033, according to the New York ...

An apparent Amazon worker captured the stressful moment when robot shelves trapped him in while he was working the warehouse floor. Featured Video His video of the incident has risen to over 700,000 ...

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 ...

It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole decade since Amazon made that big move to acquire Kiva Systems. Back in 2012, it felt like a pretty significant gamble, bringing in a robotics company to shake ...

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 ...

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