That didn’t stop Amazon inventors from using a hypothetical dwarf figurine to illustrate the operations of a newly patented warehouse-robotics system that “tosses” inventory items into bins.

Amazon inventors used a hypothetical dwarf figurine to illustrate the operations of a newly patented warehouse-robotics system that “tosses” inventory items into bins. That drew criticism from ...

Amazon has removed an image of a robot throwing a dwarf from one of its patent applications, after it was met with criticism from a group that represents people with dwarfism.

AMAZON removed an image of a dwarf from one of its patent applications today after being met with outrage from a group that represents people with dwarfism. In July, the online commerce company app… ...

Amazon said in a statement that dwarf-tossing was used as an example to show a robotic arm moving products, and this “should not be taken out of context. ...