Amazon shutters Blue Jay robot as it transitions to Orbital, a new modular warehouse system enhancing same-day delivery capabilities.

Just months after calling Blue Jay a core warehouse technology, the company shelved it as part of a broader shift in how its fulfillment network will work.

Amazon said Blue Jay's core tech will be used for other robotics projects and the employees who worked on it were moved to ...

Amazon pulled the plug on Blue Jay, its high-profile warehouse robot, in January 2026, barely three months after the system was introduced at a splashy company event. The rapid shutdown of a project ...

At its new Stone Mountain, Georgia, facility, Roomba-like robots shuffle between stacks, another adds shipping labels while another arranges packages in pallets ...

The discontinuation marks a major course correction in Amazon's robotics strategy – and underscores the persistent gap between AI's rapid progress in software and its slower, ...

Robots have been a staple at Amazon warehouses for more than a decade, performing tasks formerly completed by humans, including picking, sorting and moving packages. Now, Amazon plans to make human ...

Amazon's RDU1 warehouse uses metrics to track speed, quality, and efficiency. Robots like 'Hercules' automate transport and packaging to reduce worker strain. Amazon plans to expand robotics to manage ...