Amazon Warehouse Drones Double in Number

Amazon Has Doubled the Number of Robots in its Warehouses to 30,000

Jordan Novet | October 22, 2015

Amazon today provided new information about robots working inside of its facilities. The ecommerce company now has 30,000 Kiva robots working in its fulfillment centers, an executive said during Amazon’s quarterly call with investors today.
That number is up from 15,000 at the end of 2014, said the executive, Phil Hardin, Amazon’s director of investor relations.

Source: http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/22/technology/amazon-robots/

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