This robot ballet takes place at the new Amazon order fulfillment center that opened on Staten Island in New York in September. Bernard only has to press a button and the robots stop or slow or readjust their dance to accommodate her. Amazon now counts more than 25 robotic centers, which chief technologist for Amazon Robotics Tye Brady says have changed the way the company operates. But Brady argues that robot-human collaboration at the Staten Island facility, which employs more than 2,000 people, has given them a 'beautiful edge' over the competition. Attempts by Amazon employees to unionize, at Staten Island and other sites, have so far been successfully fought back by the company, further fuelling criticism.

Source: Daily Mail February 20, 2019 23:26 UTC