Amazon buys Fauna Robotics, maker of the Sprout humanoid robot

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Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, conscionable nether 2 months aft the startup introduced a humanoid robot called Sprout designed for societal spaces similar homes and schools

NEW YORK -- Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, conscionable nether 2 months aft the startup introduced a humanoid robot called Sprout designed to beryllium a affable summation to societal spaces similar homes and schools.

The e-commerce elephantine is already a robotics powerhouse, having boasted of deploying much than 1 cardinal robots crossed its warehouse operations, but bringing the 1.5-foot-tall, rectangular-headed Sprout connected committee adds a robot that's much astir amusive interactions than dense lifting.

Fauna CEO Rob Cochran said connected societal media helium was “incredibly excited to stock that Fauna Robotics has officially joined the Amazon family” and said the New York-based steadfast volition present “operate arsenic Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company.”

Financial presumption of the woody were not disclosed.

Amazon said the company's founders and employees volition articulation Amazon successful New York and volition beryllium looking for "new ways to marque our customers’ lives amended and easier.”

Fauna's debut product, launched successful January, is simply a bundle developer level much than conscionable a robot, sold to world and firm probe laboratories that are exploring robotics successful the home. Early customers included Disney.

The $50,000 Sprout can’t assistance dense objects, but it tin creation the Twist oregon the Floss, drawback a artifact artifact oregon teddy bear, oregon hoist itself from a seat and instrumentality a stroll.

Amazon, which besides makes the artificial quality adjunct Alexa that's already contiguous successful galore homes, has had immoderate challenges successful caller years successful expanding into user robotics.

Amazon called disconnected its acquisition of robot vacuum shaper iRobot successful 2024 aft facing regulatory hurdles successful Europe and the United States.