The e-commerce giant is quietly testing a new wave of robots that could redefine logistics—and the role of humans in it.

Amazon is planning to replace up to 600,000 human jobs with robots by 2033, according to leaked internal documents.

As part of its explosive reporting on Amazon’s plan to curtail US employment through automation, the NYT published a companion piece on Sparrow, Cardinal, and Proteus — “the robots that, step by step,

Amazon believes it can use robots to avoid adding more than half a million jobs in the next eight years, The New York Times reports. NPR's A Martinez speaks to Times reporter Karen Weise [[WISE]].

Amazon will soon use more robots in its warehouses than human employees — with more than 1 million machines already deployed across facilities, according to a report. Many of these robots cover the heavy lifting involved in warehouse work, picking items ...

Amazon has deployed its 1 millionth robot, a milestone that brings its robot workforce closer than ever to matching its human one. The company is also rolling out an AI… Read More Catch every headline in your inbox

Amazon's Vulcan robot has force sensors and tactile feedback to feel the items it interacts with in warehouses.