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How Amazon is bringing name brands to Whole Foods, without putting them on the shelves

Amazon officially unveiled a new “store within a store” at a Whole Foods Market outside Philadelphia, blending natural and organic groceries with national name brands through an in-app ordering system and robotic fulfillment. Read More

What it’s like to wear Amazon’s new smart glasses for delivery drivers

Amazon is testing smart glasses for its delivery drivers, aiming to make routes safer and more efficient. GeekWire’s Todd Bishop tried them out, getting a firsthand look at the technology and the larger questions it raises. Read More

Amazon and the media: Inside the disconnect on AI, robots and jobs

Amazon’s big robotics showcase highlighted the company’s vision for “AI at work,” but the event also revealed a widening gap between its public messaging and media coverage about automation’s impact on jobs. Read More

Amazon unveils its first warehouse robot with a sense of touch

Amazon’s robots are really feeling it now.  The tech giant this morning unveiled what it describes as its first warehouse… Read More

Carbon Robotics unveils ‘AutoTractor,’ a self-driving platform to boost productivity on farms

Long gone are the days on the farm where getting up at the crack of dawn to run a tractor… Read More

Pizza robot maker Picnic raises $5M as Seattle investor Andy Liu joins board

Picnic, the food automation startup known for its pizza-making robot, has raised $5 million and attracted backing from Unlock Venture… Read More

Inside Seattle’s new Sweetgreen restaurant, where a large robot helps the humans make your salad

A worker at the new Sweetgreen restaurant location in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood bangs out orders in no time and… Read More

Automated parking garage in Seattle condo tower gets even more robotic with EV charging bays

An automated parking garage beneath a luxury condo tower in downtown Seattle is calling in reinforcements, with robotic arms that… Read More

Amazon discontinues Astro for Business robot security guard to focus on Astro home robot

Astro is leaving its job to spend more time with family. Amazon informed customers and employees Wednesday morning that it… Read More

Podcast

Amazon’s robots and its larger vision for work: A conversation with robotics tech leader Tye Brady

Tye Brady, chief technologist for Amazon Robotics, joins us on a new episode of the GeekWire Podcast to talk about… Read More

Olis Connect device monitors operation of metal-bending robot

Olis Robotics raises $4M to take systems for remote robot management to next level

Seattle-based Olis Robotics has raised $4.1 million to explore new markets for tools that make it possible to monitor and… Read More

Last chance to register for the GeekWire Summit, this Thursday and Friday in Seattle and online

The agenda is set, the speakers are ready, and we’re looking forward to seeing hundreds of you for the GeekWire… Read More

Seattle startup Picnic partners with Domino’s to test pizza-assembly machine

Picnic, a Seattle-based automation startup, is partnering with Domino’s to test its pizza-assembly machine in a functioning Domino’s store in… Read More

Our robot partners: Inside a research lab exploring the future of human-machine collaboration

PITTSBURGH — The biggest potential for robots and automation isn’t taking jobs from humans, but instead making those jobs better… Read More

Podcast

How Jeff Wilke’s industrial roots guided him at Amazon, and inspired him to help revive U.S. manufacturing

PITTSBURGH — In his 22 years at Amazon, including his role as the first CEO of the company’s Worldwide Consumer… Read More

Starbucks and Amazon are opening a store together in New York City, with more in the works

Two of Seattle’s retail icons are collaborating on a store for the first time. The first “Starbucks Pickup with Amazon… Read More

Ready to deliver on robotic pizza: Picnic sets price and starts taking orders for pie-making machine

Order up! Picnic, the Seattle food automation startup, announced Tuesday that it is accepting pre-orders from U.S. customers for its… Read More

Pizza brands show interest in robotic pizza maker Picnic as Seattle startup raises more cash

Seattle-based food automation startup Picnic added an additional $4.2 million in funding to a Series A round that previously raised… Read More

Food automation startup Picnic raises more cash as it partners with a top Seattle chef and other groups

New funding: Picnic, the Seattle-based food automation startup that’s been perfecting a pizza-making robot, has raised $16.3 million in new… Read More

Washington state lawmakers seek to ban government from using discriminatory AI tech

Washington state could become a national leader in regulating the technologies of the future, thanks in part to a bill… Read More

Seattle startup WiBotic secures FCC approval for wireless system to charge robots, drones and more

WiBotic, Seattle-based makers of a wireless charging system that uses high-power transmitters and receivers to power up batteries on drones,… Read More

Not just another robot idea at CES, Picnic pizza platform will churn out real pies to feed crowds

The only thing more attention grabbing than the technology at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas might be… Read More

Despite automation threat, Smartsheet CEO sees ‘the future of work remaining very human’

The doomsday headlines about automation and job displacement continue to pile up. Nearly half of all jobs are at risk,… Read More

Secretive Seattle startup Picnic unveils pizza-making robot — here’s how it delivers 300 pies/hour

After three years of quietly toiling away on a robotic food system, Seattle startup Picnic has emerged from stealth mode… Read More

Bill Gates: Biggest impact of AI may be decades away, but society needs to prepare now

Sometimes even Bill Gates’ crystal ball is cloudy. The Microsoft co-founder became one of the most successful tech moguls of… Read More

Amazon commits $700M to retrain 100k employees, acknowledging impact of tech on jobs

Amazon is embarking on a $700 million effort to retrain its U.S. workforce, in a high-profile acknowledgment of the impact… Read More

Podcast

Robots, drones, satellites, and Amazon’s vision for the future of automation and humanity

Amazon gave a detailed look at its new warehouse robots and delivery drones, discussed its plans for a satellite constellation,… Read More

Amazon rolling out package-packing machines that could automate warehouse jobs

Amazon is rolling out machines that could automate boxing up orders across the company’s network of warehouses and phase out … Read More

Apple-picking robots gear up for U.S. debut in Washington state

Next fall, as you browse the produce section at your local grocery store, pay close attention to the apples. You… Read More

Future of work: Experts sound off on preparing for seismic shifts driven by automation and technology

The nature of work is changing dramatically in the U.S. and experts say this is just the beginning. Economists estimate… Read More

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