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Amazon's sprawling warehouse robot factories offer a glimpse into modern US manufacturing
- Amazon manufactures and tests its Hercules and Proteus robots inside a massive facility in North Reading, Massachusetts.
- Madeline Stone / BIBusiness Insider recently toured two facilities where Amazon designs and manufactures its robots.
- The facilities provide an inside peek at what modern manufacturing looks like.
- Amazon employees in North Reading build robots to support the company's network of fulfillment centers.
- The facility showcases a modern view of US manufacturing, aligning with efforts to bring manufacturing back to the US.
- Amazon Robotics not only manufactures robots but also invests heavily in robotics, with potential savings estimated at $10 billion a year.
- Both the North Reading and Westborough facilities have corporate offices and research labs, fostering collaboration between engineers and manufacturing employees.
- Around 300 people work on physical tasks involved in building and maintaining Amazon's fleet of over 750,000 robots.
- Amazon emphasizes attributes like a good attitude, problem-solving skills, and curiosity in its hiring for manufacturing roles.
- Amazon Robotics' work focuses on physical AI, aiming for collaborative robots that work alongside humans in fulfillment centers.
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