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Amazon Shifts From Buying Robots to Building Its Own
Original: Industry Insights: Amazon Used to Buy Robots. Now It Builds Them.
Amazon, once the largest customer of warehouse robotics vendors, is now designing and building robots in-house. The shift, highlighted in an industry analysis by the Association for Advancing Automation, reflects the company's growing internal robotics engineering capabilities as it automates its fulfilment network. Industry observers see it as a notable turning point for the robotics supply sector.
Why now: Amazon's move to in-house robot development signals a major change in the warehouse automation industry and its supplier relationships.
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Evidence
- Industry Insights: Amazon Used to Buy Robots. Now It Builds Them. · A3 Association for Advancing Automation
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