Amazon’s Tye Brady discusses the next generation of robotic warehouses
For the last several years, the Delivering the Future event has showcased the latest technologies powering Amazon operations. Seattle’s 2023 event showcased updates to the company’s pharmacy offerings and drone deliveries.
This year in Nashville, Amazon discussed AI updates to its shopping experiences and how the company is using computer vision to further trim package delivery time. While the two-day event didn’t find the company showcasing any new robotics systems, it did offer some key insight into how it’s integrating existing offerings.
Shortly after the event, TechCrunch sat down with Amazon Robotics chief technologist Tye Brady. The conversation has been an annual event for the last few years, giving us an opportunity to dig deeper into how Amazon’s robotics story has changed in the past 12 months and how the next 12 will evolve.
According to Amazon’s internal figures, the company currently has 750,000+ robots deployed in its U.S. fulfillment centers. It’s the same public figure the company touted in 2023. This isn’t the whole story, however. The 750,000 figure only encompasses the company’s autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).
