# 亚马逊开发出工人可与之对话的仓库机器人 Proteus

- 来源：The Verge：AI（RSS）
- 作者：Robert Hart
- 发布时间：2026-06-04 17:31
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- 原文链接：https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/942884/amazon-next-generation-warehouse-robot-proteus

## AI 摘要

亚马逊宣布了新版本的完全自主仓库机器人 Proteus，新增语言交互能力。借助 AI 升级，人类员工可以像与同事交谈一样向 Proteus 分配任务，无需再使用专用软件指挥这款用于搬运重物和大推车的地面机器人。此前工人必须通过代码操作该乌龟型系统。

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Amazon develops a warehouse robot that workers can speak to

The company insists its robot investments are designed to support, not replace, warehouse workers.

The company insists its robot investments are designed to support, not replace, warehouse workers.

Amazon has announced a new version of its fully autonomous warehouse robot, Proteus, that will interact using language instead of code. The expanded capabilities come as part of a growing pivot toward automation as the e-commerce giant replaces its human workers with robots.

Amazon says the AI-powered upgrade means its human employees can assign the robot tasks in the same way they’d communicate with colleagues. Previously, workers would need to use specialized software to direct the floor-level, tortoise-like systems, which are designed for heavy lifting and moving large carts throughout Amazon’s warehouses. “You tell it what needs to be done. It figures out the priority, the route, the timing,” says Scott Dresser, vice president of Amazon Robotics.

The next generation of Proteus will also work across a much larger area than the ones currently in use, which Amazon says only operate in dock areas. “The new system can work anywhere items need to be moved,” the company says. This includes transporting containers as they arrive on site, moving them between workstations, and assisting employees across fulfillment centers and delivery sites.

The new system is currently being piloted in Amazon’s labs, but the company says it has plans to deploy it in Europe during the first half of 2027.

Proteus is part of Amazon’s broader robotics roadmap. It says it has plans to expand its touch-sensitive robot, called Vulcan, and a collaborative tote-handling system first piloted in Barcelona, to more sites across Europe in the coming year.

Amazon says it is “creating new jobs alongside these technologies” and claims to have hired hundreds of thousands of employees globally since introducing robotics into its operations. The company insists its robots are designed to support workers and streamline operations, rather than replace hundreds of thousands of workers with robots.

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