Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ron Schmelzer covers AI and data best practices at Forbes since 2018 Amazon’s robotics group announced last week that it just hit ...

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

There's a new warehouse robot at Amazon that has a sense of touch, allowing it to handle a job previously only done by humans. Amazon unveiled the robot, called Vulcan, Wednesday at an event in ...

A robot in Amazon’s fulfillment center follows an optimized path toward its target, guided by DeepFleet, the company’s new AI system designed to coordinate robotic traffic and reduce congestion on the ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Amazon warehouse workers' newest high-tech colleague has a sensitive side. The e-commerce giant's ...

Amazon has announced a new robot with a sense of touch, enabling it to pick up and stow around three-quarters of the items found in its warehouses. The new robot, called Vulcan, can accurately gauge ...

Amazon has developed a new warehouse robot that uses touch to rummage around shelves to find the right product to ship to customers. The robot, called Vulcan, is a meaningful step toward making robots ...

Amazon's fleet of warehouse robots has swelled to more than 750,000 — and it continues to grow both in size and complexity. Robots now perform a variety of tasks in Amazon's fulfillment centers, ...

In brief: Amazon has spent years investing in robots that work in its fulfillment centers around the world. Developing and deploying these machines costs millions of dollars, but a new report claims ...

Amazon has deployed its one-millionth robot. The e-commerce giant uses robots in its warehouses and facilities to move products around, handle packages on a conveyor belt and assist human workers.

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 ...