Amazon is testing software to move warehouse workers more efficiently, aiming to save millions of labor hours a year, internal documents show.

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

Amazon pulled the plug on Blue Jay, its high-profile warehouse robot, in January 2026, barely three months after the system was introduced at a splashy company event. The rapid shutdown of a project ...

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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 ...

Amazon just killed its newest robot. Here’s what went wrong. Amazon’s Blue Jay warehouse robot was pitched as a faster path to same-day delivery. Instead, it got grounded almost as soon as it touched ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Amid Amazon's Robot Surge, Proteus Charts a New Path Forward ...