Amazon Deploys Its One Millionth Robot, Releases Generative AI Model

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: After 13 years of deploying robots into its warehouses, Amazon reached a new milestone. The tech behemoth now has 1 million robots in its warehouses, the company announced Monday. This one millionth robot was recently delivered to an Amazon fulfillment facility in Japan. That figure puts Amazon on track to reach another landmark: Its vast network of warehouses may soon have the same number of robots working as people, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal. The WSJ also reported that 75% of Amazon's global deliveries are now assisted in some way by a robot. Amazon also unveiled a new generative AI model called DeepFleet, built using SageMaker and trained on its own warehouse data, which improves robotic fleet speed by 10% through more efficient route coordination.

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[easyTree]

Perhaps it will be poor Amazon working conditions which will trigger the robocalypse ?

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[Hadlock]

If you RTFA it says amazon has as many robots as human workers. Amazon is the 2nd largest employer in the US; that number may shrink as robot use increases

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[easyTree]

So..., you're saying word hasn't get gotten around within the robot community that Amazon expect a 24/7 work pattern with no breaks ...or something else?

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[buck-yar]

Having once worked pick and pack, its a job no one wants, and everyone would be better off if they were servicing robots rather than doing the work. Its advancement in society. We no longer have people that harvest ice from frozen ponds and ship it all over the world. Whole industries come and go. Nobody (sane) will be sad their warehouse job is obolete.

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[Jeremi]

Nobody (sane) will be sad their warehouse job is obsolete.

That's true, but some people might be sad if they previously were able to pay their rent and now they cannot. Hopefully there will be other jobs available for them to move to.

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[Big Hairy Gorilla]

We should consult Futurama. They have a documentary about the Robot Uprising.

@93escortwagon should know which episode.

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[Kernel Kurtz]

Amazon has *bought* 1 million robots over time. How many of those robots are actually still functioning and performing useful work?

And how does that compare with humans over that same time?

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[Swervin]

They bought 0 humans during that time, that we know of anyway.

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[Kernel Kurtz]

They bought 0 humans during that time, that we know of anyway.

Yes, we know they just rented them. Still curious about the relative attrition rate though.

who makes them?

[groobly]

Amazon bought Kiva Systems, but do they make all their own robots? And if not, who does?

Picturing–

[Gilmoure]

Brazil (1985) office intro scene.
Lovely choreography!

https://youtu.be/mu1iND6vtcE?s... [youtu.be]

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[shanen]

Dying story of low interest, but another bye-bye comment got me to peg the video for later viewing. I'm vaguely remembering a book of that name...