Amazon has entered an exciting new frontier with a huge deployment of robotics and AI technologies – but what do their human colleagues think?
Amazon Robotics Acceleration shown working in warehouse
Amazon warehouses have been taken over by robots with eyes than can yell at humans – and now they’re treated as coworkers.
Robot humaoids will be coming into the home in five to 10 years and US army generals want to use robots on the frontlines, but they’ve already taken over Amazon’s fulfillment center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Amazon has entered an exciting new frontier with the largest advancement in robotics and AI technologies deployed in the operation’s history, with employees working alongside a growing fleet of robotic systems seamlessly in a way that wasn’t possible until now.
Walking into the 3.5m square foot Nashville facility is like something out of a movie, with the remarkable Proteus robot whizzing around at your feet.
“Proteus is just so darn cute,” says Julie Mitchell, Director at Amazon Robotics, who put to bed any fears that the “loveable” yet slightly creepy-looking autonomous mobile robot will one day try to take over the world.
She explained: “You’ll notice the eyes move. Proteus will tell you where it’s planning to go based on the signals it’s giving you. It will shift its eyes. The trust and the collaboration has been there since day one.”
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