"In an October post announcing Blue Jay, Amazon described it as a ceiling-mounted, multi-armed system designed to pick, stow, and consolidate items in a single workspace. Amazon said it was being tested at a facility in South Carolina and could handle roughly 75% of the types of items stored there, framing Blue Jay as "core technology" intended to support Same-Day sites over time."
"Business Insider also reported that Amazon is shifting away from an older same-day warehouse model known internally as "Local Vending Machine" (LVM) toward a modular approach called "Orbital," designed to be easier to deploy and scale. Amazon expects to carry forward elements of Blue Jay's underlying technology into other projects, including a floor-mounted system internally referred to as "Flex Cell," and the first Orbital-based same-day warehouse is not expected to open until 2027."
Blue Jay was a ceiling-mounted, multi-armed warehouse robot designed to pick, stow, and consolidate items in a single workspace. The system was tested at a South Carolina facility and could handle roughly 75% of stored item types. The program was shelved in January, with project staff reassigned, after encountering high cost, manufacturing complexity, and implementation challenges that limited scalability beyond the test site. Amazon is moving from an older "Local Vending Machine" same-day model toward a modular "Orbital" approach intended for easier deployment and scale. Elements of Blue Jay technology are expected to be reused in a floor-mounted "Flex Cell" and other robotics efforts, with the first Orbital-based same-day warehouse not expected until 2027.
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