Andy Jassy Says Robots Will Replace Many Repetitive Warehouse Jobs — Amazon Already Has Over 1 Million Machines, and the Impact Could Be Much Bigger in Five Years

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Amazon.com Inc. CEO Andy Jassy said the company now has more than a million robots in its fulfillment network and expects many repetitive jobs that people do to be handled by robots, but noted that Amazon will “always have a lot of teammates” in its fulfillment centers.

Jassy Says Robots Are Reshaping Amazon’s Warehouses

Jassy made the comments on Amazon’s third-quarter earnings call on Thursday while responding to Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak, who asked what robotics milestones Amazon is focused on for 2027.

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Jassy said, “We have over a million robots now in our fulfillment network.” He added that robots are having a significant impact on Amazon’s cost structure, productivity and safety, and that its safety numbers in the network are “at record-low numbers.”

On jobs, Jassy noted that “I think…