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

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 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 ...

Amazon.com Inc. AMZN is reportedly piloting a new system, Full Facility Load Balancing (FFLB), which is designed to optimize human movement within its robot-filled warehouses. Amazon’s latest ...

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

Amazon is making one of its biggest new bets on Europe, announcing more than €10 billion in investments to expand and modernise its warehouse and delivery network across the continent over the coming ...

Lauren Simonetti gives an exclusive look inside Amazon's Westborough, MA robotics lab, highlighting the Proteus robot, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

The firm expects to raise $620 million via a SPAC merger, and is preparing for the commercial launch of its next-generation ...