Amazon Dismisses Idea Automation Will Eliminate All Its Warehouse Jobs Soon

Amazon Dismisses Idea Automation Will Eliminate All Its Warehouse Jobs Soon
Amazon employee Heather Redman works to pack products for shipment at an Amazon warehouse in Campbellsville, Kentucky on June 10, 2009. John Sommers II/Getty Images
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BALTIMORE—Amazon.com Inc. dismissed the idea of running a fully automated warehouse in the near future, citing the superior cognitive ability of humans and the limitations of current technology.

Scott Anderson, director of Amazon Robotics Fulfillment, said technology is at least 10 years away from fully automating the processing of a single order picked by a worker inside a warehouse.