Kiva, warehouse robot, Amazon Robotics Inc., North Reading, Massachusetts, USA


Meet the robots making Amazon even faster

Published on Nov 30, 2014

As Amazon gears up for Cyber Monday and the busy holiday shopping season, it's getting help from thousands of robots that search through millions of items to ensure the right item gets shipped to the right customer. CNET.com's Kara Tsuboi takes us inside an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy, Calif., to watch the robots in action.

"Meet Amazon's busiest employee -- the Kiva robot"
As consumers buy more from the Internet's largest retailer, it keeps up by outfitting warehouses with robots that work at speeds humans can't.

by Donna Tam
November 30, 2014
 

Meet Amazon’s New Robot Army Shipping Out Your Products

Published on Dec 2, 2014

Dec. 1: Amazon Senior Vice President Worldwide Operations Dave Clark discusses the company’s army of Kiva robots that help box and ship products.
 

High-speed robots in the workplace
April 13, 2015

Follow a robot as it works its day job—transforming the world of e-commerce by hustling packages around the giant warehouses that propel the modern economy. New robot minions: Welcome to the team.
 
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