https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/amazon-robotics/ Ecommerce Industry News Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:19:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/amazon-robotics/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/07/28/amazon-to-open-seventh-fulfillment-center-in-tennessee/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/07/28/amazon-to-open-seventh-fulfillment-center-in-tennessee/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:19:12 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=16397 Amazon will open a new fulfillment center in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee next year. The facility joins others in the state, including fulfillment and sortation centers in Charleston, Chattanooga, Lebanon, Murfreesboro, Memphis, and Nashville. The new fulfillment center is the seventh Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/07/28/amazon-to-open-seventh-fulfillment-center-in-tennessee/feed/ 2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/02/10/amazon-to-open-its-first-iowa-fulfillment-center/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:13:53 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=15440 Amazon will open a new fulfillment center in Iowa, the first in the state. The 645,000 square-foot facility in the city of Bondurant uses Amazon robotics and will be used to fulfill small items to customers such as books, electronics Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/02/04/amazon-expands-in-california-and-tennessee/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 04:27:46 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=15402 Amazon opened a new 48,000 square foot office for Alexa tech teams located in Santa Barbara, California, and plans to create 150 additional tech jobs in the city, the company announced on Tuesday. Amazon currently has dozens of open roles Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/11/06/amazon-to-open-new-40-million-robotics-facility/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:12:08 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=14872 Amazon will invest over $40 million to develop a new facility for its Robotics division. The new 350,000 square feet facility will open in Westborough, Massachusetts in 2021 and will include corporate offices, research and development labs, and manufacturing space. Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/09/12/ecommerce-platform-shopify-to-acquire-warehouse-robotics-firm/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/09/12/ecommerce-platform-shopify-to-acquire-warehouse-robotics-firm/#comments Fri, 13 Sep 2019 01:34:41 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=14535 Ecommerce platform Shopify is acquiring 6 River Systems, which makes warehouse fulfillment solutions. The move makes sense for Shopify, which launched a network of fulfillment centers earlier this year. Interestingly two of the founders of 6 River Systems had worked Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/09/12/ecommerce-platform-shopify-to-acquire-warehouse-robotics-firm/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/07/22/amazon-to-build-new-robotics-fulfillment-centers-in-ohio/ Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:04:56 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=14228 Amazon will build two new robotics fulfillment centers in Ohio, it announced today. Each fulfillment center will be over 700,000 square feet and will be used to pick, pack and ship small items to customers such as books, electronics and Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/04/10/more-robots-to-join-amazon-fulfillment-centers/ Thu, 11 Apr 2019 01:33:18 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=13513 It appears more robots will be joining Amazon fulfillment centers. TechCrunch reported today that Amazon acquired robotics firm Canvas Technology. You can see its robots in action in a TechCrunch video from 2017 showing an autonomous cart that can safely Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/01/28/amazon-robots-are-delivering-packages-in-snohomish/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/01/28/amazon-robots-are-delivering-packages-in-snohomish/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2019 04:03:34 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=12716 Amazon robots, with the non-threatening name of “Scouts,” are patrolling the streets delivering packages in Snohomish, Washington as part of a test. Amazon explains the Scout is an “autonomous delivery device” the size of a small cooler, on wheels. In Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/01/28/amazon-robots-are-delivering-packages-in-snohomish/feed/ 4 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/01/18/amazon-to-open-up-about-advanced-technologies/ Fri, 18 Jan 2019 18:52:58 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=12593 Amazon is holding a conference on Artificial Intelligence called re:MARS where speakers will demonstrate the practical applications of AI behind Alexa, AWS services, Amazon Go, Prime Air, Lab 126, and Robotics. It is somewhat surprising given the usual secrecy with Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/09/03/amazon-blogs-about-robots-on-labor-day-weekend/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 03:09:02 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=11108 Amazon wants to set the record straight about its use of robots, publishing a post titled, “5 facts to know about Amazon Robotics.” Included as one of its facts: “Robots do not replace employees.” The timing of its post struck Read more]]>