US EditionAmazon robot tests show they're not ready to replace humans
- Amazon announced on Wednesday major progress toward using its Vulcan robot to assist warehouse work at scale in June 2025 in Berkeley, CA.
- This reflects ongoing efforts to replace some human tasks after past automation like Amazon Go faced limits and required human oversight in India.
- Vulcan works alongside humans by handling difficult ergonomics such as picking from high and low shelves, while Amazon trains workers for new robotics maintenance roles.
- Amazon’s Stow robot successfully handled about 85 percent of more than half a million items during testing, while the Pick robot demonstrated a success rate of 91 percent over approximately 12,000 picking attempts, though it declined nearly one in five picks to prevent errors.
- Despite robotic advances completing 75% of orders, Amazon acknowledges robots are not ready to fully replace humans, who still perform most tasks and benefit from retraining programs for future roles.
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Amazon tested warehouse robots and found they're not ready to replace humans
Rise of the machines postponed ... for now Robots in Amazon's fulfillment warehouse robots can pick and stow products well enough that the e-tail giant is happy to begin beta testing, but not well enough to leave human workers behind. . . .
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