US EditionAmazon Buys Fauna Robotics, Maker of the Sprout Humanoid Robot
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Oskaloosa Herald
Amazon buys Fauna Robotics, maker of the Sprout humanoid robot
Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, just under two months after the startup introduced a humanoid robot called Sprout designed for social spaces like homes and schools. The e-commerce giant is already a robotics powerhouse, having boasted of deploying more than…
Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, a startup New York founded in 2024 by former engineers from Meta and Google DeepMind, which manufactures Sprout, a biped humanoid robot of one metre height, 23 kilos of weight and 50,000 dollars of price specifically designed to be "sympathetic" and operate in shared spaces with people: homes, schools, hotels and research laboratories. It is Amazon's second acquisition of robotics in less than a week (the prev…
After rumours about delivery robots last June, Amazon continues to strengthen its presence in robotics with the acquisition of the American starter Fauna Robotics. The information, revealed by Bloomberg, shows that the group is looking to explore new uses around humanoid robots. This acquisition comes only a few days after the [...]
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