Amazon introduces Blue Jay robot and AI system to assist warehouse workers
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Richard Lawler
7mo ago· 2 min readenNews
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Summary
Amazon introduces Blue Jay robot and Project Eluna AI system designed to assist warehouse workers with physical tasks and cognitive load. The company emphasizes these technologies are meant to augment human workers rather than replace them, positioning Blue Jay as a core technology for Same-Day delivery operations. Amazon developed Blue Jay in just over a year using AI, digital twins, and data from existing robots.
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its agentic AI system Project Eluna, which 'acts like an extra teammate, helping reduce that cognitive load'
Blue Jay can move 75 percent of the types of items Amazon stores, and is eventually supposed to be a 'core technology' powering Same-Day delivery sites
Amazon discusses how its Blue Jay Robot and AI agents can improve efficiency, but says that is a good thing for employees.
