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Amid drone talk, Amazon has real robots | Wall Street Journal Blog


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09 December 2013



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Amazon got a lot of ink for its sci-fi drone delivery idea this week, but a more real and immediate robot effort underway in the Seattle retailer’s warehouses could save it as much as $916 million a year, according to one analyst.

Read more by Greg Bensinger on the WallStreet Journal Blog.



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