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Amazon has announced plans to fill more than 500,000 roles with robots, intensifying debate over the pace of workplace automation. The move underscores the growing role of robotics in logistics and reignites questions about long-term employment displacement.
Amazon has unveiled a next-generation Proteus autonomous robot controllable by conversational text prompts, committing more than €10 billion to expand European fulfillment center robotics and adding 25,000 jobs, with Proteus deployment in Europe planned for the first half of 2027.
Australian startup Aquila has set two world records in laser power transfer – the highest power ever beamed by laser and the longest sustained delivery – by continuously powering a moving warehouse robot for 24 hours using 4 kWh of wirelessly transmitted energy.
Figure AI has signed a commercial agreement with Catalyst Brands to deploy humanoid robots at the retailer's Reno, Nevada distribution center, marking Figure's first commercial deployment with a major multi-brand…
Decathlon says robotic warehouse systems from Exotec have significantly boosted productivity across several European facilities, highlighting both the promise and tensions of logistics automation.
Zalando plans to deploy up to 50 AI-powered Nomagic robots across its European fulfilment centres, expanding automation for item picking and tackling one of fashion logistics’ toughest challenges: handling shoeboxes.
Amazon plans to invest AU$750 million in a new robotics-enabled fulfillment center in Brisbane, Australia, designed to process more than 125 million packages annually with the help of automated systems.
Amazon has halted its Blue Jay warehouse robotics project less than six months after unveiling the prototype, redirecting its underlying technology to other automation initiatives.
Logistics provider Bleckmann has launched an automated storage and retrieval system in the Netherlands using radio-controlled robots, aiming to reduce labor dependency and speed up fashion e-commerce fulfillment.
Galbot has raised more than $300 million in a new funding round to expand deployments of its mobile manipulator robots. The financing pushes the company’s valuation to $3 billion and…
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