Amazon has been using robots ... and move these pods a little like a robotic forklift, except much smaller and more nimble. Interestingly, the robots avoid rotating shelves as much as possible ...

“They weigh a lot,” Amazon worker Amanda Taillon said during the pre-Christmas rush at a company warehouse in Connecticut. Nearby, a fleet of 6-foot-tall roving robot shelves zipped around ...

In October, Amazon held an event at a Nashville, Tennessee, warehouse where the company had integrated some of the robots. The Associated Press spoke with Julie Mitchell, the director of Amazon ...

NASHVILLE: In the outbound dock of an Amazon warehouse near ... companies and has deployed 7,000 robots globally. Among the rejected: an autonomous forklift capable of stacking boxes at heights ...

Skypods are warehouse robots that navigate by climbing shelves rather than moving the shelves to human workers. The robots are able to process 400 picks an hour which is twice the speed of other ...

Amazon started employing robots at its facilities in 2012, after acquiring Kiva Systems for $775 million. At the time, Kiva Systems was one of the few recognised firms manufacturing warehouse ...

Handle remains a prototype for now, but the company could showcase the robot at a logistics show next month, suggesting it could have commercial potential. It's a long way off Amazon's warehouse ...