Amazon sees warehouse robots 'flattening' its hiring curve, according to internal document

When Amazon unveiled its new Vulcan touch-sensing warehouse robot last week, it framed the technology as a way to make frontline jobs safer and easier. What the company didn't mention is a broader ambition: Using Vulcan and its expanding fleet of warehouse robots to reduce its need to hire a lot more human labor.An internal document obtained by Business Insider reveals Amazon's long-term vision of automating many warehouse tasks. The document, dated late last year, said Vulcan and similar robots are "criti ...