Robots were envisioned as evil creatures in the groundbreaking 1927 silent movie "Metropolis" directed by Fritz Lang. It featured the robot Maschinemmensch (German for "Machine Man) who was hellbent ...

Amazon's e-commerce operations rely on thousands of robots to automate warehouse operations. Still, this division hasn't avoided job cuts.

An official company document describes Amazon's new Vulcan robot and similar machines as key to keeping a lid on hiring ...

It’s hard to think of any other company that has shaped the labor market as much as Amazon has over the past two decades. Now, internal documents and interviews obtained by the New York Times point to ...

Tye Brady, chief technologist for Amazon Robotics, introduces “Project Eluna,” an AI model that assists operations teams, during Amazon’s Delivering the Future event in Milpitas, Calif. (GeekWire ...

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 ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Amazon is reportedly planning to cut as many as 600,000 human jobs over the next 7 years, which will eventually be replaced by robots. Internal documents ...

Amazon is expanding its logistics with new facilities in New York and Texas, enhancing delivery speed and product ...

Amazon is continuing its workforce reductions, cutting at least 100 white-collar jobs in its robotics unit this week, according to a new report. The affected division designs robots and other ...

Facepalm: Amazon has responded to reports that the company aims to replace 600,000 US warehouse workers with robots by 2033. Predictably, it's trying to put a positive spin on the news, claiming that ...

Amazon also says automation has meant the creation of desirable, high-skilled jobs designing robots and teaching them how to do things, as well as middle-skilled jobs such as repairing the robots, or ...