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Amazon's new robotic arm uses AI and suction cups to pick up and identify MILLIONS of diverse products representing about 65% of its inventory - and could one day replace a large chunk of its human workers
- Amazon's new robotic arm is capable of handling and sorting millions of unique items - a major milestone for the ecommerce giant
- The robotic arm, dubbed Sparrow, is powered by a combination of artificial intelligence, computer vision and suction cups
- Sparrow can deftly pick up and move items that vary in shape, size and texture - potentially putting a large number of workers' jobs at risk in the future
- 'Working with our employees, Sparrow will take on repetitive tasks, enabling our employees to focus their time and energy on other things,' Amazon says