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Amazon's new Proteus warehouse robot is fully autonomous
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- Employees can direct it using plain conversational language.
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- Amazon has put more than a million robots into its warehouses but none so far have been able to "talk" with human employees.
Employees can direct it using plain conversational language.
Amazon We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
Amazon has put more than a million robots into its warehouses but none so far have been able to "talk" with human employees. However, a new version of its Proteus robot can now be directed by workers using plain language thanks to an AI upgrade, Amazon announced. "You tell it what needs to be done. It figures out the priority, the route, the timing," said Amazon Robotics VP Scott Dresser.
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