The robot revolution has long sounded like a far-off sci-fi notion, but it’s a reality at the e-commerce giant.

Amazon will soon have as many robots as humans plugging away at its warehouses, the Wall Street Journal reports. And at this rate, it won't be long until the flesh and blood employees are downright outnumbered.

Amazon’s use of warehouse robots has surged to more than one million, putting them on par with the number of human workers and signalling a pivotal shift in the ecommerce giant’s operations towards AI-driven automation.