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

Amazon.com Inc. AMZN is reportedly piloting a new system, Full Facility Load Balancing (FFLB), which is designed to optimize ...

Reading time 2 minutes Amazon says that thanks to advances in AI, its next-generation warehouse robot can now be assigned tasks by employees “the way they’d communicate with a colleague.” The company ...

Amazon made a lot of noise in October when it unveiled Blue Jay, a multi-armed warehouse robot built to speed up same-day deliveries. Just months later, the company quietly ended the program. The ...

Amazon cut jobs in its robotics division in early March 2026, adding to a string of corporate reductions that have eliminated tens of thousands of white-collar positions since late 2025. The move ...

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 ...

An Amazon next-generation Proteus robot is pictured working, during the second day of 'Delivering the Future EMEA '26', at Amazon's LCY3 Fulfillment Centre in Dartford, east of London, on June 4, 2026 ...

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 ...

Amazon introduced its newest warehouse robot, Blue Jay, in October. By January, the company had quietly shut it down, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke to Business Insider. The ...

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 ...