Amazon’s machines are much more than simple devices for moving stock around, like driverless forklifts. One new robot, “Vulcan,” has a “sense of touch,” The Wall Street Journal reports, which lets it ...

In brief: Seven months ago, Amazon took the natural next step of building out its Astro household robot by offering a business version that focused on security. The company is now abruptly shutting ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ron Schmelzer covers AI and data best practices at Forbes since 2018 Amazon’s robotics group announced last week that it just hit ...

Amazon confirmed it has acquired Fauna Robotics, a startup building humanoid robots. Fauna's first product, called Sprout, is a $50,000 bipedal robot that's 3 feet, 6 inches tall and designed to be ...

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Amazon made a lot of noise in October when it unveiled Blue Jay, a multi-armed warehouse robot built to speed up same-day deliveries. Just months later, the company quietly ended the program. The ...

Metro meets Tye Brady, Amazon’s Chief Technologist for Robotics, to talk AI, humanoid armies and the machines quietly reshaping how fast – and how safely – our orders reach the doorstep... Tye Brady’s ...