The company expects to test ways it can use Rivr's robots to help with "doorstep delivery" and to "improve safety outcomes" ...

Amazon plans a $536 million robotic fulfillment center in Australia, where robots like Hercules and Sparrow will work alongside more than 1,000 human employees.

Amazon has acquired autonomous robotics startup Rivr, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed, a deal that could help the commerce and logistics giant deliver packages to shoppers’ doors more efficiently.

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 ...

As the second-largest employer in America, Amazon currently employs around 1.5 million workers. (1, 2) Between 2018 and today, Amazon has onboarded hundreds of thousands of workers, effectively ...

A group of workers with their fists raised in solidarity hold a scrawled sign: “We are humans not robots!” They and others at ...

Robots have been a staple at Amazon warehouses for more than a decade, performing tasks formerly completed by humans, including picking, sorting and moving packages. Now, Amazon plans to make human ...

The world’s largest online retailer Amazon has unveiled plans to invest more than $750m to build a state-of-the-art mega ...

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has reportedly discontinued its recently introduced warehouse robot, Blue Jay, and reassigned its staff to other robotics projects. The operations of the robotic system ...

Inside Amazon’s 100,000-square-foot Greenwood warehouse—which provides the greater Indianapolis area same-day shipping for everything from paper plates to vitamins—robots and people collaborate in ...

Amazon's latest AI-driven machine, 'Blue Jay', is escalating concerns about jobs. A new mechanical worker has landed in Amazon's warehouses, and it's stirring up an old fear: are our jobs safe? Amazon ...

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 ...