Boston Dynamics, Ambi Robotics, and others lead the effort to teach robots to stack packages efficiently and safely.

Autonomous robots are the future, shaping the present by taking on the laborious task of execution and manual labour. How ...

Amazon has introduced a handful of robots in its warehouses that the e-commerce giant says will improve efficiency and reduce employee injuries. Proteus, an autonomous mobile robot that operates ...

Amazon’s first fully autonomous robot, Proteus, has a lot of responsibilities.Its main job is to pick up trolleys full of parcels and get them where they need to be. But it is also carries a ...

Only one autonomous humanoid robot actually has a job. Like a real, 9-to-5, paying gig. And that’s Digit by Agility Robotics, says CEO Peggy Johnson.

Currently, there are 15,000 Locus robots working seven days a week, 24 hours a day, all over the world. That translates to more than 300 companies moving 300,000 to 400,000 units per hour, or more ...

One big motivation to automate is the high turnover of warehouse employees. The work is often physically demanding and pays modest wages. Less-skilled warehouse workers earn around $16 to $17 an hour.

Amazon has introduced a handful of robots in its warehouses that the e-commerce giant says will improve efficiency and reduce employee injuries. Two robotic arms named Robin and Cardinal can lift ...

We started these particular robots – Cardinal and Proteus – in this building in November 2022. We came in and began playing around with what it would look like to pack and move a production order.

Q: It’s challenging to build robots that can physically grab products. How does Amazon work through that? A: As you can probably imagine, we have so many items, so it’s an exceptional challenge.