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Amazon Discontinues Blue Jay Warehouse Robot
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Amazon quietly ended its Blue Jay ceiling-mounted warehouse robot program months after unveiling it last October, though core technology will be reused. The company cites engineering complexity and high installation costs that limited scalability inside tightly integrated Local Vending Machine warehouses. Amazon is shifting to a modular Orbital architecture and floor-based Flex Cell robots to enable faster, flexible micro-fulfillment deployment and broader same-day delivery expansion.
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