TECH - Amazon Invests in Tech to Uplift Workers: New Robotics and AI Create Jobs and Improve Efficiency Across Europe | Benzinga
Amazon.Com Inc’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) leadership, through Stefano La Rovere, the Director of Global Robotics, Mechatronics, and Sustainable Packaging, debunked the common belief that robots and advanced technology lead to job losses.
La Rovere emphasized how these innovations augment existing roles and spur the creation of new job categories, countering the narrative that technology displaces human workers.
Over 1,000 new technologies have been introduced across Amazon’s European fulfillment centers in the past five years, involving an investment exceeding 700 million euros.
Amazon reports that this technological advancement has enriched over 50,000 jobs within the region, CNBC cites La Rovere.
La Rovere highlighted the benefits of robotics and technology in the workplace, such as minimizing the physical strain on employees, ...