Technology is often met with resistance and fear, but the demands placed on supply chains require constant evaluation of what technologies can help.

Artificial intelligence that makes humans more efficient and robots that make them less necessary: That’s the future Amazon.com is building in its e-commerce fulfillment business. The retail giant ...

The Genesis Of Amazon Robotics Kiva Systems Acquisition Of Kiva Systems. Back in 2012, Amazon made a pretty big move, quietly ...

Amazon has denied many of the leaked report's details. Amazon warehouse jobs may become scarce within the decade as the e-commerce giant has plans to automate its operations. The company has plans to ...

This article is from the archive of our partner . Kiva's robots bring the product shelves to a warehouse worker, rather than a worker walking to the shelves. The robots locate the items in a ...

Amazon’s Pegasus robotic drive system retrieves finished packages from employees and sorts them for delivery. Pegasus is one of three kinds of robots Amazon uses in its warehouses. (Photo courtesy of ...

Amazon's warehouse network is racing toward a future in which fleets of machines handle much of the lifting, sorting, and ...

Back in 2012, Amazon made a pretty big move, buying a company called Kiva Systems. This wasn’t just a small purchase; it was ...

Amazon is the second-largest employer in the world, with 1.5 million workers. A new report shows that Amazon will not have to hire 600,000 people by 2033, thanks to robots and automation. Amazon ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...

Amazon is expected to see billions of dollars a year in cost savings as it automates more of its logistics processes. CREDIT: AMAZON The retail giant unveiled a trio of new technologies Wednesday that ...

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 ...