Amazon Unveils Proteus Warehouse Robot With AI Language Function for Europe
Proteus is Amazon's first warehouse robot that workers can direct with conversational text, moving beyond pre-programmed tasks toward AI-driven collaboration in logistics.
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Amazon announced the next-generation autonomous mobile robot Proteus at the Delivering the Future trade fair in London on June 4, 2026. Proteus accepts task instructions in natural language, determines priority and routing, and is scheduled for European deployment in early 2027. Amazon also introduced Vulcan, its first robot with a sense of touch, and the folding container robot STARK, alongside a $11.7 billion investment in European fulfillment centers and 25,000 new jobs.
Amazon showed off Proteus, a new autonomous mobile robot that takes instructions in natural language, at the Delivering the Future trade fair in London. Workers type commands close to normal conversation, and the robot decides priority, route, and timing. It handles heavy carts and long-distance transport, working beyond dock areas wherever goods need moving. Proteus is still in testing at Amazon's research facilities and is due in Europe in early 2027.
Alongside Proteus, Amazon introduced Vulcan, its first robot with a sense of touch. Vulcan uses contact and force sensors to pick and stow items at high and low positions in inventory pods, reducing the need for employees to use ladders. It handles about 75% of applicable product types at human-like speed and hands off items it cannot manage. Amazon also plans to deploy the folding container robot STARK across 15 European locations by 2027 after a trial in Barcelona.
Amazon is investing roughly $11.7 billion in European fulfillment centers and adding 25,000 jobs. The company now operates over 1 million robots across its network, including systems like Sequoia, Hercules, Titan, Sparrow, Robin, Cardinal, and Proteus. On the delivery side, Amazon is expanding its 30-minute grocery service Amazon Now beyond parts of London to Manchester and Birmingham, and plans same-day delivery hubs at over 25 European locations by 2026.
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