Could the days of mass human hiring at Amazon warehouses be numbered? The e-commerce company is looking to ramp up the use of automation in the coming years, which would allow it to hire about 600,000 fewer human employees, The New York Times reports. Amazon already employs at least 1.2 million workers, including over 721,000 laborers, to help ship and deliver orders to customers. But the Times says Amazon wants to keep its human workforce flat, even though it expects to double product shipments by 2033. Another ultimate goal is to one day automate 75% of the operations at the company's warehouses. Plus, Amazon is working on software for humanoid robots ahead of planned testing at a "humanoid park" in San Francisco facilities. The park will have an indoor obstacle course, and Amazon hopes the humanoid robots will be able to hop on the back of a Rivian electric van and step out to complete deliveries. #Amazon #Automation #HumanoidRobots #Robotics #TechNews 📸 : Jason Redmond/AFP/...