Honey, the Amazon humanoid delivery robot is here! (well, almost)

If Amazon has its way in the future, you might see a humanoid robot jogging to your door to deliver packages.

According to a report from The Information (citing an insider source) that was later shared by other media outlets, Amazon is working on software for human-like robots that would allow the robots to deliver packages.

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The report noted that these robots would “hitch a ride in the back of Amazon’s electric Rivian vans” (Amazon says there are currently more than 20,000 of the custom-designed electric vans in service) and “spring out to deliver packages.” 

Since Amazon’s Rivian vans are still human-driven (for now), this seems to indicate that the robots are counterparts to a human driver instead of a replacement. Perhaps it will be a situation where the van parks, and the robot (or multiple robots) makes some deliveries while the human driver makes others.

Testing soon

Real-world testing should begin soon, as Amazon is nearing completion of a “humanoid park” indoor obstacle course at its San Francisco offices, where it will put its robots through various trials much like we’ve seen with Boston Dynamics.

It doesn’t seem that Amazon is developing the actual robots just yet, as The Information said the company will test a variety of robots, including the G1 from Unitree, which comes with a price tag of $16,000.

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This report comes just a day after Amazon announced a number of AI-centered innovations, including an AI foundation model framework that lets robots understand natural language commands and even follow multiple commands at once.

The company already uses more than 750,000 robots around its warehouses to assist its workers. It tested Scout, a six-wheeled, autonomous delivery robot, for several years in California until the project was shelved in 2023.

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I’ve reached out to Amazon for an update.

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