Amazon acquires robotics startup to test machines for ‘doorstep delivery’ - This week, Amazon acquired RIVR, a Swiss company ...

Amazon has acquired Rivr, a startup focused on autonomous robotics. Rivr is based in Zurich and was valued at $110 million in a funding round from August 2024, which both Amazon and its CEO's Bezos ...

The layoffs are separate from Amazon's broader cuts announced in January that impacted more than 16,000 corporate workers.

Amazon plans a $536 million robotic fulfillment center in Australia, where robots like Hercules and Sparrow will work alongside more than 1,000 human employees.

An Amazon spokesperson described the affected roles as a "relatively small number," confirming that affected employees would ...

Amazon cut at least 100 positions in its robotics unit, continuing a sweeping corporate downsizing tied to artificial intelligence efficiencies and cost controls.

Amazon's e-commerce operations rely on thousands of robots to automate warehouse operations. Still, this division hasn't avoided job cuts.

Amazon has cemented another foothold in Australia’s industrial market with a $750 million Amazon Robotics Sortable (ARS) fulfilment centre to be built in Brisbane.

Amazon is cutting more jobs in the robotics unit, saying that it's a "difficult but necessary" move.

The company expects to test ways it can use Rivr's robots to help with "doorstep delivery" and to "improve safety outcomes" for delivery drivers.