News Amazon just deployed its one-millionth robot in its warehouses, and they'll soon outnumber humans — generative AI to help cut robot fleet travel ti...

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Amazon just deployed its one-millionth robot in its warehouses, and they'll soon outnumber humans — generative AI to help cut robot fleet travel ti... : Read more

 

[warezme]

Lower costs for customers? Not very likely.

 

[chaz_music]

That will help them keep their costs down and strongly decrease errors, but the unions won't like it. I have seen massive cost reductions in manufacturing plants that utilized robotic assembly, and the manufacturing errors drop way down. You see it almost immediately on reduced warranty hits.

 

[SomeoneElse23]

Lower costs for customers? Not very likely.

I was thinking the same thing.
More likely a way to increase their "shareholder value".

 

[JRStern]

A million is a lot of robots. Does that include all the ones that wore out?
A million is a lot of employees, too.

 

[BGodfrey]

Amazon only does what is good for Amazon. Remember the Rivian electric delivery vans? Ever see one? (I do, but rarely.) Meanwhile their diesel vans continue to soot up the universe, but they are apparently more cost effective. And if their customers have health or breathing issues they'll just open an online pharmacy ... oh wait! they did.