An Amazon warehouse that opened in 2024 in Shreveport, Louisiana, has produced ten times the amount of robotic equipment as previous facilities, the Financial Times reported. The company estimates that the increased automation led to a 25% cut to fulfillment costs.
This isn’t an overnight success, but a decade-long investment of resources into a vision of operations that, as analysts at Morgan Stanley have estimated, could generate $10 billion in annual savings.
The tech giant acquired robotics startup Kiva Systems in 2012, rebranding it Amazon Robotics. Since then, the group reportedly has put 750,000 mobile devices and tens of thousands robotic arms and autonomous systems into use.
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