Amazon Robotics

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Amazon Robotics LLC

Robotics company

Amazon Robotics LLCKiva Systems

Amazon’s division building warehouse robots and fulfillment-automation systems; grew out of Kiva Systems, acquired in 2012.

Founded2003United States

HQWestboroughUnited States

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01 · About

Amazon Robotics

Founded 2003 · Westborough, United States

Amazon Robotics LLC is Amazon’s division responsible for designing, building and deploying robots and automation systems across the company’s fulfillment centers. It grew out of Kiva Systems (founded in 2003 by Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman and Raffaello D’Andrea), which Amazon acquired in 2012 for about US$775 million; the unit was renamed Amazon Robotics in 2015. Its main R&D hub is in Westborough, Massachusetts. Its portfolio includes mobile drive-unit robots (Hercules, Titan), the autonomous Proteus robot, manipulation and sortation arms (Sparrow, Cardinal, Robin, Vulcan), the containerized Sequoia system, and the DeepFleet AI foundation model that coordinates the fleet. Amazon has stated its deployed robot count has surpassed one million units.

Founders

Mick Mountz
Founder & CEO (Kiva Systems)
Peter Wurman
Co-founder
Raffaello D’Andrea
Co-founder

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

4 areas · 5 technologies · 3 industries

What they do4Areas

Mobile robots
Industrial robots
Autonomous systems
Embodied AI

How they do it5Technologies

Robotics
Computer vision
Reinforcement Learning
Embodied AI
Foundation Models

Who for3Industries

Logistics & warehousing
Robotics
Retail

03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ Westborough · 1 regions

Global

04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 2003

2003founded

maturedevelopment stage

Privatenot listed

activestatus

06 · Relations

Organizational relations

1 strategic relations

Strategic relations

Acquired by
AmazonAmazon acquired Kiva Systems (~US$775M); the unit was renamed Amazon Robotics in 2015.
2012 →

07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

4 classification · 3 external links

Classification

Statusactive
Development stagemature
Listed onNoprivate
Organization typeRobotics company

External links

08 · Related content

Articles

6 articles

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