What’s the human cost?
In brief:Amazon has spent years investing in robots that work in its fulfillment centers around the world.
One of those robots is Digit.
Should that figure reach 40%, the total savings could exceed $10 billion per year.
Creating these futuristic locations isn’t cheap.
Even retrofitting current centers into high-tech robot-filled ones costs around $100 million.
But if Morgan Stanley’s predictions are accurate, the long-term savings make the spending worthwhile.
There’s little mention in the report of the impact these robots will have on human jobs.
