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

Amazon's newest generation of warehouse robots is no longer a side experiment tucked into a few pilot facilities. The company now relies on automated systems across dozens of fulfillment and sortation ...

Rivr Technologies AG, a Swiss developer of delivery robots. CNBC reported on Thursday that the deal closed earlier this week. The financial terms were not disclosed. Rivr’s flagship product is a ...

A group of workers with their fists raised in solidarity hold a scrawled sign: “We are humans not robots!” They and others at an Amazon warehouse in Minnesota protested in March and on July’s Amazon ...

Amazon cut at least 100 white-collar jobs in its robotics division as it continues restructuring, even while expanding its ...

Four-legged robots are about to start delivering Amazon packages. CNBC reports the company quietly acquired Rivr, a Swiss robotics startup that makes robots on wheels designed for “doorstep delivery.” ...

Amazon’s new Brisbane automated warehouse staffed by robots will cover 150,000 square metres, which is equivalent to 18 rugby league fields.

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 ...

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 ...

For years, Amazon has set the bar for package delivery. When Prime launched in 2005, two-day shipping was unheard of. By 2019, one-day shipping was standard for millions of items. Now, the retail ...

Amazon has started layoffs in its robotics division, announcing that it was a result of a regular review of operations.

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 ...