Amazon has unveiled a next-generation version of its autonomous Proteus warehouse robot that can receive and act on plain-language instructions from workers, marking a significant expansion in what its in-house robotics fleet can do without a single line of programming. The announcement came at the company’sDelivering the Future eventat its LCY3 fulfillment center in Dartford, east of London, on June 4, 2026, alongside a pledge to invest more than €10 billion modernizing its European fulfillment network. The new model works anywhere in a facility and figures out the route, priority and timing of a task from a spoken instruction rather than fixed programming. Workers will now be able to direct Proteus in the same way they would communicate with a colleague, using plain, conversational language, with no technical commands and no programming interface. Scott Dresser, vice president of Amazon Robotics, described the shift in practical terms:“You tell it what needs to be done.