Amazon halts Blue Jay robot project after 6 months despite AI development speed
The multi-armed sorting robot was unveiled in October but has already been shelved.
Deep Dive
Amazon has halted its Blue Jay warehouse robotics project less than six months after unveiling it. The multi-armed robot, designed to sort and move packages in same-day facilities, was developed in about a year using AI advancements. Amazon states the underlying technology will be repurposed for other manipulation programs, and team members have been reassigned, calling Blue Jay a prototype despite its initial fanfare.
Why It Matters
Shows the high failure rate and rapid iteration in industrial robotics, even for giants like Amazon.