Amazon cut at least 100 white-collar jobs in its robotics division as it continues restructuring, even while expanding its ...
Amazon recently abandoned an innovative robotic line that it had deployed last year in an effort to streamline some of its ...
The layoffs are separate from Amazon's broader cuts announced in January that impacted more than 16,000 corporate workers.
Amazon cut at least 100 positions in its robotics unit, continuing a sweeping corporate downsizing tied to artificial intelligence efficiencies and cost controls.
The division that was axed on Tuesday is responsible for designing robots and other conveyances, primarily in warehouses, writes Reuters.
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