Amazon has started using robots to pack orders in warehouses , in a move that will reportedly remove 24 human workers at each warehouse and save the company $ 1 m each year from each machine . It said the job cuts will be achieved through non - replacement in high - turnover jobs , rather than laying people off . It has already tried robot fulfilment at a small number of its warehouses , and is now reported to be installing two CartonWrap machines , from Italian company CMC , at more warehouses . Other retailing companies are also testing robot packing equipment .
Amazon has started installing robots to pack orders in warehouses, in a move that will reportedly remove 24 human jobs at each warehouse and save the company $1m each year from each machine. It said the job cuts would be achieved through non-replacement in high-turnover jobs, rather than laying people off. It has already tried robot fulfilment at a small number of its warehouses, and is now reported to be installing two CartonWrap machines, from Italian company CMC, at more warehouses. Other retailing companies are also testing CMC packing equipment.