A 6-axis robotic arm picks up sorting containers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo Amazon.com Inc., the world’s second-largest private employer, has significantly increased its use of robotics, deploying more than 750,000 robots alongside its human workforce, reports Yahoo Finance.
The company, which employs 1.5 million people, has seen a reduction of over 100,000 employees from its 2021 peak of 1.6 million. This shift coincides with a rapid expansion of its robotic fleet, which grew from 200,000 robots in 2019 to 520,000 in 2022.
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