Amazon has introduced its “first absolutely autonomous cellular robotic,” meant to maneuver giant carts all through its warehouses. The robotic is known as Proteus, and Amazon says it may well safely navigate round human workers, in contrast to a few of its previous robots that it stored separated in a caged space.

Amazon says Proteus robots have “superior security, notion, and navigation know-how,” and a (surprisingly silent) video exhibits the robots shining a inexperienced mild in entrance of themselves as they transfer round. When a human steps into the beam, the robotic stops shifting, then resumes after the particular person strikes away.

The corporate has additionally introduced a number of different robotic techniques. One, known as Cardinal, is a robotic arm that may raise and transfer packages weighing as much as 50 kilos,…

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