Amazon Acquires RIVR to Advance Robotic Doorstep Delivery
Amazon has acquired robotics startup RIVR, a developer of stair-climbing quadruped delivery robots, as the company expands its efforts to automate last-mile logistics.
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Amazon has acquired robotics startup RIVR, a developer of stair-climbing quadruped delivery robots, as the company expands its efforts to automate last-mile logistics.
Zalando plans to deploy up to 50 AI-powered Nomagic robots across its European fulfilment centres, expanding automation for item picking and tackling one of fashion logistics’ toughest challenges: handling shoeboxes.
Amazon plans to invest AU$750 million in a new robotics-enabled fulfillment center in Brisbane, Australia, designed to process more than 125 million packages annually with the help of automated systems.
Siemens and two robotics partners have launched the UK’s first fully customizable autonomous mobile robot manufacturing capability, aimed at modernizing factory logistics and industrial automation.
RLWRLD has raised $26 million in new funding to develop robotics foundation models trained in real industrial environments, accelerating deployment across logistics and manufacturing.
Amazon has halted its Blue Jay warehouse robotics project less than six months after unveiling the prototype, redirecting its underlying technology to other automation initiatives.
Kodiak has entered a strategic agreement with Bosch to scale production-grade autonomous trucking hardware, aiming to accelerate commercial deployment of driverless trucks.
UPS has purchased hundreds of warehouse robots designed to unload packages from trucks, expanding automation across its U.S. logistics network to address labor strain and efficiency demands.