Amazon deploys over 1 million robots in warehouses

Amazon has over 1 million robots working in warehouses while remaining the world's second-largest corporate employer with more than 1.5 million human workers. Amazon says robots take on risky physical tasks, but labor advocates and researchers worry collaborative robots dictate the pace of work.

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