The automation arms race is heating up.

"Our experience of robots is that it's actually driven up employment rather than the reverse," Amazon executive John Boumphrey told CNBC.

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After less than six months on the job, Amazon has fired its latest warehouse robot. Launched in October 2025, Blue Jay was a multi-limbed robot intended to serve as "an extra set of hands" in the ...

By James Davey DARTFORD, England June 4 (Reuters) - Amazon on Thursday unveiled an upgraded AI-powered mobile robot for its warehouses that can respond to conversational prompts, as part of a €10 ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Inside Amazon's newer, robot-filled warehouses, the next big efficiency drive focuses on how humans ...

The site will sit within the e-commerce giant’s fulfillment network and further expand its use of automation across the ...

Amazon used its Delivering the Future event on Thursday in the United Kingdom to make a series of major announcements for Europe, promising billions in new investment, thousands of jobs and a new ...

Amazon warehouse closures in Florida have permanently displaced 1,110 workers under federal WARN Act law, even as the company ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Amazon has put more than a million robots into its warehouses but none so far have been able to "talk" with human employees. However, a new ...

DARTFORD, England June 4 (Reuters) - Amazon ⁠on ⁠Thursday unveiled an upgraded ⁠AI-powered mobile robot for its warehouses that can respond to conversational prompts, as part of a €10 billion ($11.6 ...

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 ...