Will Amazon’s robotic revolution spark a new wave of job losses?

Will Amazon’s robotic revolution spark a new wave of job losses?
Science

Inside Amazon’s Operations Innovation Lab in Vercelli, Italy

Sam Todd/Amazon

The world’s largest manufacturer of robots is a company you have probably heard of. As of last year, Amazon had installed more than 750,000 robots in its warehouses, and it is investing hundreds of millions of pounds on developing and building more. Many of these robots perform tasks that were once carried out by people, such as packing, sorting and labelling. Are we seeing the beginning of a new wave of automation replacing human workers across many industries?


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