Robots work alongside humans in Illinois Amazon warehouse for the first time


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  • Tuesday, 03 Apr 2018

Pamela Deitz works in the Amazon fulfillment center in Monee, Ill, on Wednesday, March 28, 2018.(Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

CHICAGO: While President Donald Trump was tweeting his “concerns” about Amazon.com on March 30, accusing the company of “putting many thousands of retailers out of business,” the Seattle-based e-commerce giant was preparing to give public officials and the press a sneak peek at its first warehouse in Illinois where robots work alongside humans to fill customers' orders. 

Amazon's rapid expansion has created challenges for retail and other industries. But the company says it has also led to investment and new jobs, even as it introduces automated technology to handle some of the work that used to require human employees. 

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