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Amazon’s robot workforce more than doubles in three years


Amazon has significantly increased the number of robots working in its fulfilment centers commerce giant also claiming to be

Amazon has several different robots at its disposal to deploy as part of its relentless and high-volume operations to sort customer orders. “Ensuring robotics are collaborative and support employees is central to how we design or deploy systems like Sequoia and Digit” he said. According to the company’s 2023 annual report, Amazon’s growing legion of robots is still much smaller than the total number of employees, which stands at 1.525 million (full-time and part-time workforce combined).

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