Amazon's acquisition of Fauna Robotics and its Sprout humanoid looks more like a platform move than a consumer robotics play.

One can forgive some investors for perceiving Amazon ( AMZN +2.05%) as an "everything stock." It pioneered the e-commerce and ...

Fauna's first product, called Sprout, is a $50,000 bipedal robot that's 3 feet, 6 inches tall and designed to be "approachable and human-friendly." ...

Amazon has reportedly reduced headcount within its robotics organization in what appears to be the company’s latest round of layoffs. While Amazon continues to invest heavily in automation across its ...

Amazon’s recent push to integrate robots into its delivery operations marks a significant shift in how the company plans to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. The tech giant aims to replace 500,000 ...

Amazon now has over 1 million robots operating in fulfillment centers, helping with stowing, picking, sorting, and ...

Digit, developed by Agility Robotics, is a bipedal robot that can walk forward, backward, turn around and bend, and can grab, lift and move totes around a warehouse. Courtesy of Amazon Amazon said ...

FILE - While being operated remotely, Fauna Robotics' new robot named Sprout shows off its dexterity in New York, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has acquired Fauna ...

The mammoth online retailer is no stranger to automation, laying off workers as it pursues artificial intelligence “in virtually every corner of the company,” as CEO Andy Jassy put it. Amazon told The ...

Barry Tormoehlen, a maintenance technician at Amazon’s fulfillment center in DuPont, vacuums the inside of a KIVA, one of Amazon’s robots that are used to move items around the center, Monday, July 3, ...

NEW YORK – Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, just under two months after the startup introduced a humanoid robot called Sprout designed to be a friendly addition to social spaces like homes and ...