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

Amazon now has over 1 million robots operating in fulfillment centers, helping with stowing, picking, sorting, 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's newest generation of warehouse robots is no longer a side experiment tucked into a few pilot facilities. The company now relies on automated systems across dozens of fulfillment and sortation ...

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 ...

Amazon is quietly shelving its Blue Jay project months after introducing the robotic picking and stowing system in a South Carolina fulfillment center last October. The e-commerce giant confirmed that ...

The deal, Amazon’s second robotics acquisition this month, brings a 50-pound, 3.5-foot bipedal robot called Sprout into the company’s portfolio, less than two months after Fauna launched it to ...

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 ...