Amazon Robotics
Mobile robot company · USA
Amazon's in-house robotics division, built on the 2012 acquisition of Kiva Systems. Operates one of the world's largest robot fleets across Amazon fulfillment centers, including drive units, the Proteus autonomous mobile robot and robotic picking arms.
Amazon Robotics is a USA-based autonomous mobile robot maker, founded in 2003 and headquartered in North Reading, Massachusetts. It is owned by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Product lines include Proteus, Sequoia, Sparrow, Cardinal. It appears in the directory's Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) Companies (30 companies) and US Robot Manufacturers (28 companies) lists.
- Headquarters
- North Reading, Massachusetts, USA
- Founded
- 2003
- Ownership
- Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)
- Robot types
- Autonomous mobile robots
Products
- Proteus
- Sequoia
- Sparrow
- Cardinal
- Vulcan
Amazon Robotics coverage
- Robotics Week in Review: Sep 4–Sep 11, 2026 — Humanoid robotics surged forward this week with breakthroughs in control systems, record-breaking athletic performances, and major production scaling signals fr
- Amazon Proteus Fleet Expansion Hits New North American Sites — Amazon has expanded its Proteus autonomous mobile robot fleet to additional fulfillment centers across North America. The robots now handle heavy and bulky item
- Amazon Proteus 2 and Tetromino Project Advance Warehouse Robots 2026 — Amazon is expanding its Proteus fleet with a voice-command Proteus 2 while piloting the Tetromino project for automated delivery stations that process packages
Directory categories
- Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) Companies — 30 companies
- US Robot Manufacturers — 28 companies
Similar manufacturers
- Bear Robotics — USA · founded 2017 — Silicon Valley maker of the Servi restaurant-serving robots.
- Berkshire Grey — USA · founded 2013 — Robotic picking, sortation and fulfillment automation company.
- Boston Dynamics — USA · founded 1992 — Pioneer in dynamic robotics, now a Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary.
- Brain Corp — USA · founded 2009 — San Diego company whose BrainOS autonomy software powers large fleets of commercial floor scrubbers and inventory-scanning robots in retail stores and airports.
- Dexterity — USA · founded 2017 — Robotics company building AI-driven robots for heavy logistics work — truck loading and unloading, palletizing and parcel handling — including the two-armed Mech.
- Diligent Robotics — USA · founded 2017 — Austin company whose Moxi robot fetches and delivers supplies, lab samples and medications in hospitals, freeing nurses from routine errands.