By James Davey<\/p>\n
DARTFORD, England June 4 (Reuters) – Amazon on Thursday unveiled an upgraded AI-powered mobile robot for its warehouses that can \u200crespond to conversational prompts, as part of a \u20ac10 billion ($11.6 billion) investment \u200cin its European fulfilment network.<\/p>\n
The Seattle-based e-commerce giant showcased the next-generation Proteus robot at its “Delivering \u200bthe Future” event at its Dartford fulfilment centre east of London, as it works to speed up deliveries.<\/p>\n
The current Proteus, deployed at 25 U.S. sites, operates only in dock areas, moving carts weighing up to nearly 400 kg (882 lbs).<\/p>\n
NEW \u200cMODEL FIGURES OUT TASKS, ROUTES<\/p>\n
The \u2060new version, due in Europe in the first half of 2027, can operate across warehouse floors and marks a \u2060shift in how employees interact with robots.<\/p>\n
“You tell it what needs to be done. It figures out the priority, the route, the timing,” said Scott Dresser, \u200bvice president \u200bof Amazon Robotics.<\/p>\n
Amazon also showcased STARK, \u200ba robotic tote-handling system first \u200cpiloted in Barcelona and set to roll out to 15 European sites by 2027, and Vulcan, its first robot with a sense of touch.<\/p>\n
GROCERY EXPANSION<\/p>\n
Amazon said it will launch more than 25 sub-same-day delivery sites across Europe this year, including in Britain and Germany. Amazon Now, its ultra-fast essentials delivery \u200cservice, will expand to Manchester and Birmingham \u200bin Britain.<\/p>\n
It said same-day delivery for fresh groceries \u200bis now available in more \u200bthan 2,300 U.S. cities and parts of Tokyo, with \u200cfurther expansion planned in Japan, Britain \u200band other countries in \u200bthe coming months.<\/p>\n
Amazon also said Alexa+, its next-generation AI assistant, will launch in 10 additional countries in 2027.<\/p>\n
In February, Amazon forecast a \u200bmore than 50% jump \u200cin capital expenditure to $200 billion this year, joining its peers in \u200ba spending spree to ramp up AI infrastructure.<\/p>\n
($1 = 0.8617 euros)<\/p>\n
(Reporting by \u200bJames Davey. Editing by Mark Potter)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By James Davey DARTFORD, England June 4 (Reuters) – Amazon on Thursday unveiled an upgraded AI-powered mobile robot…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[345,1457,220805,343,344,63,220807,85,46,220806,125],"class_list":["post-475795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-amazon","tag-amazon-robotics","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-europe","tag-european-sites","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-mobile-robot","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}