Meet Sparrow, Cardinal and Proteus. They’re the robots that, step by step, are replacing human workers in the company’s warehouses. By Karen Weise Karen Weise ...

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 ...

The Blue Jay robot’s ‘extra set of hands’ probably means Amazon’s warehouses will require fewer human hands. The Blue Jay robot’s ‘extra set of hands’ probably means Amazon’s warehouses will require ...

Amazon’s robot story started back in 2012, when it bought Kiva Systems, a company that built squat orange robots to move goods across warehouses. That was the foundation for what’s now Amazon Robotics ...

Amazon may soon replace more than half a million jobs with robots, the New York Times reported, based on internal documents it accessed. The robotics team's goal, the report stated, is to automate 75 ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...

Amazon reportedly has a plan to replace more than half a million U.S. workers with “cobots,” and avoid hiring at least 160,000 human workers by 2027. Despite hoping to double the number of products ...

Over the years, Amazon has utilized robots and technology advancements to make its warehouses more efficient and lower its operating costs to help lower costs for consumers and improve operating ...

Amazon, one of the largest employers in the United States, is preparing for a major shift in how it runs its warehouses. According to internal documents and interviews reviewed by The New York Times, ...

Amazon has spent years automating its warehouses with robots. Its mechanical workforce is more than one million strong, rivaling the size of its human workforce of some 1.56 million people. Robots, in ...

Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has a far-reaching plan to automate 75 percent of its operations. Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has ...