Introducing the Full Amazon Robot Line Up | Amazon News
Amazon Robotics team members and fulfillment center associates describe how Amazon’s Proteus, Hercules, Cardinal, and Robin robots support package handling and work alongside people.
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Proteus began with moving carts
The team saw an opportunity to use a robot to move go-karts around Amazon’s network, leading to Proteus. Developing it brings mechanical, hardware, and electrical specialists together, with manufacturing, testing, deployment, and field support handled in-house. The program involves about 120 to 150 people, who build cross-team connections through collaboration and shared activities.
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Robots move packages through the facility
Cardinal places packages into carts, and Proteus carries carts weighing about 800 pounds to a dock door for truck loading. Hercules is described as a fulfillment center workhorse, and one team member takes pride in building its drives.
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Robots reduce walking and heavy lifting
Amazon’s robotics development progressed from Hercules, which reduces walking, to Robin, which handles heavy orders, and then to Proteus and Cardinal. In the fulfillment center, Hercules brings products to associates rather than requiring them to walk the floor to pick orders. One associate describes the building as 66 football fields in size.
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People remain part of the work
Robin means “robotic induction,” and associates describe the robots as teammates they give nicknames to. One facility has about 50 human associates and 20 to 30 robotic associates sorting packages. Robots handle heavy items and long distances, while people maintain and work alongside them; associates also note that robots keep working while they take scheduled breaks.
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