The Deep View: Robotic warehouse automation

Posted on October 23, 2025 by michelleclarke2015
Amazon leans into robotic warehouse automation
Amazon might be preparing its AI for the future of the holiday rush. 
On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that the e-commerce giant plans to use robotic automation to avoid hiring more than 600,000 US workers by 2033. Amazon’s robotics team is working towards automating 75% of the company’s operations, with 160,000 roles on the chopping block by 2027, according to documents viewed by the Times. 
The automation would save 30 cents per item sold, totalling $12.6 billion between 2025 and 2027. 
Amazon told The Deep View that its investment in automation and efficiency gains will enable it to expand into new business areas, as well as upskill its workforce for evolving roles. 
Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a statement that the documents don’t reflect the company’s overall hiring strategy, just that of one team, and that “leaked documents often paint an incomplete and misleading picture of our plans, and that’s the case here.” Nantel noted that the company plans to fill 250,000 positions ahead of the holiday rush. 
Amazon’s push for automation is far from singular. Companies across industries are seeking to automate tedious tasks and roles with AI, resulting in plans for major workforce restructuring: 
Airline Lufthansa cut 4,000 roles in late September as it leans into AI, focusing on administrative roles. Klarna and  Salesforce both cut thousands of staff this year, with their CEOs confirming that AI allowed them to do so. Accenture announced plans to “exit” staff who were unable to be reskilled on AI, with 11,000 already receiving the boot. 
Workforce automation is the primary way that many AI firms expect to notch returns. Given Amazon’s commitment to and investment in developing AI, as well as its longstanding research in robotics, a move like this is hardly surprising.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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