Amazon unveils its 1st fully autonomous mobile robot

Amazon on Wednesday unveiled its first fully autonomous mobile robot called Proteus that autonomously moves through facilities using advanced safety, perception and navigation technology developed by the company.
The robot was built to be automatically directed to perform its work and move around employees and does not need to be confined to restricted areas.
“It can operate in a manner that augments simple, safe interaction between technology and people, such as the lifting and movement of GoCarts, the non-automated, wheeled transports used to move packages through our facilities,” Amazon said in a statement.
Proteus will initially be deployed in the outbound GoCart handling areas in Amazon fulfillment centres and sort centres.