, generating apprehension among some of the company's more than 750,000 US warehouse employees.
For now, Sparrow is being used"to consolidate inventory," the Amazon spokesperson said in a statement."But the possible applications of this technology in our operations are much broader."The scope of those ambitions is clear in a patent Amazon filed in 2020 describing some of the technology powering Sparrow.
Sparrow"will take my job," one Amazon warehouse worker said, after reading Amazon's description of the robot. The worker asked not to be identified out of fear of retaliation from Amazon. On social media forums for Amazon warehouse workers, users discussed the likelihood that Sparrow could leave warehouses"quiet," save for small teams of humans there to repair the robots.
Wait wait wait - I thought Amazon warehouses were horrible places where no human should have to work. So Amazon “fixes” that BUT… wait for it… now that’s bad too? Which way do you want it?… smh
The 'new industrial revolution' is here. Get ready for massive job losses people...