Many of your Prime Day orders are being handled by Roomba-esque bots as part of Amazon's quest to deliver packages faster.

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Amazon upgraded Proteus with natural-language controls as part of a wider European robotics push involving STARK, Vulcan, and major investment.

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Reading time 2 minutes Amazon says that thanks to advances in AI, its next-generation warehouse robot can now be assigned tasks by employees “the way they’d communicate with a colleague.” The company unveiled the latest version of its Proteus robot on Thursday at its Delivering the Future event in London.

Most robot vacuums clean your floors. The roborock Qrevo S Pro also cleans its own mop pads at 167°F, dries them, empties itself, and refills its water tank. Prime Day just made the upgrade harder to put off.

Online spending across U.S. retailers hit $8.3 billion on Tuesday, up 5% from a year ago, marking the biggest e-commerce day so far this year. In addition, Amazon has introduced new robots in centers to assist with moving and locating packages.