“For the last 100 years, most of the automation that we've seen usually happens away from workers—you're taking that high-risk task away from the worker, and you're doing so in a way that is not physically proximate. The rise of collaborative robots really changes that dynamic for two reasons: one is that it is physically proximate, and two, the robot has the ability to dictate the pace of work.”

Ars Technica · Amazon expands robotic fleet to 1M+ units as warehouses blend human and machine labor

“You have almost 2 million people working in the warehousing sector in the United States, and it's characterized by very high turnover and very high workplace injury rates.”

Ars Technica · Amazon expands robotic fleet to 1M+ units as warehouses blend human and machine labor