Amazon Reaches Automation Milestone by Deploying Its Millionth Robot

Amazon’s fleet of warehouse robots just hit a new milestone. The company announced Monday that it deployed its millionth bot to begin operations at a fulfillment center in Japan. Amazon’s ambitions for robot use have long surpassed the company utilizing them for delivery service. The business juggernaut is the world’s leading manufacturer of mobile robotics,…

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The Job Market is Telling Us Something About AI and Jobs…

Last week, an AP article reported that Young people graduating from college this spring and summer are facing one of the toughest job markets in more than a decade. The unemployment rate for degree holders ages 22 to 27 has reached its highest level in a dozen years, excluding the coronavirus pandemic. Joblessness among that…

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How autonomous mobile robots are picking up the slack caused by labor shortages

Autonomous mobile robots and their more versatile cousins, mobile manipulators, are increasing in number across many different sectors. They are rapidly becoming the backbone of modern logistics and are now extending their reach far beyond the warehouse floor, revolutionizing how goods are moved, tasks are performed, and industries operate. This burgeoning trend, frequently covered on…

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