Amazon solves its labour problems with robots

It looks like Amazon has found a solution to their distribution centre labour problems — replace the staff with robots.

It looks like Amazon has found a solution to their distribution centre labour problems — replace the staff with robots.

A wired magazine article features the e-commerce giant’s new distribution centre east of San Francisco that is run largely by robots.

With its employment practice being an ongoing PR sore for Amazon, it looks like Jeff Bezos has found the solution to that problem.

For the moment the warehouse in Tracy, California still employs 4,000 workers during peak periods but it’s not hard to see how Amazon is working towards dramatically reducing that head count.

 

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Paul Wallbank is a speaker and writer charting how technology is changing society and business. Paul has four regular technology advice radio programs on ABC, a weekly column on the smartcompany.com.au website and has published seven books.

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