The layoffs are separate from Amazon's broader cuts announced in January that impacted more than 16,000 corporate workers.
Amazon has laid off another round of workers, cutting roles inside its robotics division responsible for the autonomous machines powering more than 1,200 fulfillment centers.
Amazon's e-commerce operations rely on thousands of robots to automate warehouse operations. Still, this division hasn't avoided job cuts.
By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO, March 4 (Reuters) - Amazon on Tuesday confirmed it laid off staff across its robotics unit, ...
Amazon pulled the plug on Blue Jay, its high-profile warehouse robot, in January 2026, barely three months after the system was introduced at a splashy company event. The rapid shutdown of a project ...
Just months after calling Blue Jay a core warehouse technology, the company shelved it as part of a broader shift in how its ...
Amazon quietly ended its Blue Jay warehouse robot program just months after unveiling the multi-armed ceiling-mounted system designed to speed same-day deliveries in October.