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Amazon's Warehouse Robots

Every part of this series in order, oldest first. 2 of 2 parts laid out. Theme: Warehouse Automation.

Amazon unveils a warehouse robot that can "feel" and an AI model to steer its robot fleet

Amazon says Vulcan can handle most of the items it stocks and that DeepFleet will speed up its robots. The figures come from Amazon, and we found no independent check of them.

Case study · July 2025 · Part 1 of 2: Amazon's Warehouse Robots

Logistics & warehousingReported

Leaked Amazon documents describe robots avoiding 600,000 US hires. Amazon says they reflect one team.

The New York Times reported internal plans to automate 75% of operations. A day later, Amazon showed new robots and an AI agent, and in February 2026 it said one of those robots was no longer in use.

Case study · October 2025 · Part 2 of 2: Amazon's Warehouse Robots