Amazon develops a warehouse robot workers can speak to

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Amazon has introduced an upgraded version of its fully autonomous warehouse robot, Proteus, which can now interact using natural language with human workers. This advancement reflects Amazon's increased adoption of automation technologies, allowing employees to assign tasks more intuitively to robotic systems for logistics operations.

The design hasn’t changed much from the original Proteus, which was announced in 2022. | Image: Amazon Amazon has announced a new version of its fully autonomous warehouse robot, Proteus, that will can interact using language instead of code. The expanded capabilities come as part of a growing pivot toward automation as the e-commerce giant replaces its human workers with robots. Amazon says the AI-powered upgrade means its human employees can assign the robot tasks in the same way they'd communicate with colleagues. Previously, workers would need to use specialized software to direct the floor-level, tortoise-like systems, which are designed for heavy lifting and moving large carts throughout Amazon's warehouses. "You tell it what needs to … Read the full story at The Verge.