The company expects to test ways it can use Rivr's robots to help with "doorstep delivery" and to "improve safety outcomes" for delivery drivers.

Amazon has acquired autonomous robotics startup Rivr, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed, a deal that could help the commerce and logistics giant deliver packages to shoppers’ doors more efficiently.

Amazon plans a $536 million robotic fulfillment center in Australia, where robots like Hercules and Sparrow will work alongside more than 1,000 human employees.

Amazon, the second-largest private employer in the world, with 1.5 million workers, is accelerating its use of warehouse robots as part of a major automation drive, The New York Times reported on ...

As the second-largest employer in America, Amazon currently employs around 1.5 million workers. (1, 2) Between 2018 and today, Amazon has onboarded hundreds of thousands of workers, effectively ...

A group of workers with their fists raised in solidarity hold a scrawled sign: “We are humans not robots!” They and others at ...

Amazon cut at least 100 white-collar jobs in its robotics division as it continues restructuring, even while expanding its ...

Amazon will invest $750 million into building a massive warehouse in Queensland nearly the size of 20 rugby league fields - creating 3,000 jobs for Australians.

Amazon Australia’s director of operations Wayne Angus isn’t fazed by the negativity generated by the AI revolution over jobs ...