Amazon runs over 1 million warehouse robots alongside 1.5 million workers

Amazon operates the world's largest robot fleet, with more than 1 million machines working around the clock, and plans to expand it via new factories in Austin and Greenwood. The company remains the second-largest corporate employer globally with over 1.5 million workers, while researchers debate how collaborative robots affect human labor.

• Amazon's robot fleet has surpassed 1 million machines running 24/7
• The company employs more than 1.5 million full- and part-time workers
• New robot factories are planned in Austin, Texas, and Greenwood, Indiana
• Amazon expects to more than double its robotic arm fleet this year