Amazon workers find new roles as robots take over the heavy lifting

Florence, New Jersey

NISSA Scott started working at the cavernous Amazon warehouse in southern New Jersey late last year, stacking plastic bins the size of small ottomans. It was not, she said, the most stimulating activity. And lifting the bins, which often weigh more than 11 kg each, was also tiring over 10-hour shifts.

Now Ms Scott, 21, watches her replacement - a giant, bright yellow mechanical arm - do the stacking. Her new job at Amazon is to babysit several robots at a time, tro…