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Amazon Scout

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Amazon Scout was Amazon's six-wheeled, cooler-sized autonomous sidewalk delivery robot, the canonical sidewalk-delivery wind-down datapoint.

Track Amazon Scout
Manufacturer
Amazon
Form factor
sidewalk
Maturity
commercial
Lifecycle
discontinued
Deployments
2
Website
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The verified answer

As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Amazon Scout, a sidewalk by Amazon (commercial): 2 verified deployments on record. 6 sources back the record.

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discontinuedDiscontinued. The product or service is no longer actively pursued by the maker.

Overview

Amazon Scout was Amazon's six-wheeled, cooler-sized autonomous sidewalk delivery robot, the canonical sidewalk-delivery wind-down datapoint. Launched in January 2019 with a first neighborhood in Snohomish County, Washington, it field-tested across four US markets, adding Irvine in Southern California in 2019 and Atlanta and Franklin, Tennessee in 2020.

The registry records it at commercial maturity to reflect its historical peak of live customer field tests across those markets, with a discontinued lifecycle state: on October 6, 2022, first reported by Bloomberg, Amazon wound the program down, ending the customer-facing field tests and disbanding the dedicated field-test team while reassigning employees to other roles rather than conducting mass layoffs. It is recorded under the existing Amazon company as a discontinued historical record, the canonical sidewalk wind-down alongside FedEx's paused Roxo, a verified-versus-claimed contrast case of a giant's program reaching commercial field-test scale and then being discontinued while survivors such as Starship, Serve, and Coco continued, in the same spirit as the discontinued autonomous-truck legacies Embark and TuSimple.

The figure of roughly 400 people who worked on Scout is Amazon's total-program headcount with the reassignment-versus-exit split not disclosed, and the city-level specifics, while well established for the California and Washington sites, are partly inherited from launch coverage since several wind-down articles cite only the broader regions.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
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Key facts

Form factor

Six-wheeled, cooler-sized autonomous sidewalk delivery robot

Launch date

January 2019

Markets tested

4 US markets

Team size

~400 people globally

Lifecycle state

Discontinued (wound down October 6, 2022)

Specs

Notes

Verified (the canonical sidewalk wind-down datapoint): Amazon Scout was Amazon's six-wheeled sidewalk delivery robot, field-tested across 4 US markets from Jan 2019. On Oct 6 2022 (Bloomberg first reported) Amazon wound it down: the customer-facing field-test program was discontinued, the dedicated field-test team disbanded (with employees reassigned/matched to other roles rather than mass layoffs). maturityStage=commercial (historical peak: live customer field tests across 4 markets); lifecycleState=discontinued (wound down 2022-10-06)., Pivot/wind-down pattern: The canonical sidewalk-delivery wind-down, alongside FedEx Roxo (paused 2022). Verified-vs-claimed contrast case: a giant's program that reached commercial field-test scale then was discontinued, vs the survivors (Starship millions of deliveries, Serve, Coco) - same discipline as the discontinued truck legacies (Embark, TuSimple)., Claimed but NOT verified (cap-flag): The '~400 team' is Amazon's/Bloomberg's total-program headcount figure; the reassignment-vs-exit split is not disclosed. The city-level specifics ('Irvine', 'Snohomish County') are well-established for the CA/WA sites but several wind-down articles only say 'Southern California' and 'Washington' - consistent but partly inherited from launch coverage.

Specs

Amazon Scout: six-wheeled, cooler-sized autonomous sidewalk delivery robot. Launched Jan 2019 (first market Snohomish County WA). 4 US markets: Snohomish County WA (2019), Irvine / Southern California (2019), Atlanta GA (2020), Franklin TN (2020). Wound down announced Oct 6 2022 (field tests ended). ~400 people worked on Scout globally.

Max speed

24 km/h

Weight kg

45

Form Factor

sidewalk (six-wheeled cooler-sized autonomous sidewalk delivery robot; DISCONTINUED)

Payload kg

23

Data & sources

News coverage

3

Web sources

3

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Availability and pricing

Availability
Discontinued
Price
Not publicly disclosed
Units in field
Not disclosed
Sales model
Not disclosed
Lead time
Not disclosed

Pricing

No verified price is on record for Amazon Scout. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

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Deployments (2)

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Deployment-verified media (1)

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Amazon

Amazon footage of Scout, its sidewalk-delivery robot, from its test program. Scout was an open-world sidewalk-delivery device run with human chaperones; Amazon discontinued the program in 2022.

From deployment: United States

Safety record

No incidents on record for Amazon Scout.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (6)

  1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-06/amazon-abandons-autonomous-home-delivery-robot-in-latest-cut
  2. https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/07/amazon-scales-back-scout-delivery-robot-program/
  3. https://www.therobotreport.com/amazon-ends-testing-of-scout-delivery-robots/
  4. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-scraps-scout-home-delivery-robot
  5. https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/meet-scout
  6. https://www.dimensions.com/element/amazon-scout

Common questions

What is Amazon Scout?
Amazon Scout was Amazon's six-wheeled, cooler-sized autonomous sidewalk delivery robot, the canonical sidewalk-delivery wind-down datapoint. Launched in January 2019 with a first neighborhood in Snohomish County, Washington, it field-tested across four US markets, adding Irvine in Southern California in 2019 and Atlanta and Franklin, Tennessee in 2020. The registry records it at commercial maturity to reflect its historical peak of live customer field tests across those markets, with a discontinued lifecycle state: on October 6, 2022, first reported by Bloomberg, Amazon wound the program down, ending the customer-facing field tests and disbanding the dedicated field-test team while reassigning employees to other roles rather than conducting mass layoffs. It is recorded under the existing Amazon company as a discontinued historical record, the canonical sidewalk wind-down alongside FedEx's paused Roxo, a verified-versus-claimed contrast case of a giant's program reaching commercial field-test scale and then being discontinued while survivors such as Starship, Serve, and Coco continued, in the same spirit as the discontinued autonomous-truck legacies Embark and TuSimple. The figure of roughly 400 people who worked on Scout is Amazon's total-program headcount with the reassignment-versus-exit split not disclosed, and the city-level specifics, while well established for the California and Washington sites, are partly inherited from launch coverage since several wind-down articles cite only the broader regions.
How much does Amazon Scout cost?
Amazon Scout's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Amazon Scout from Amazon. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Amazon Scout actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Amazon Scout is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
What are the specs of Amazon Scout?
Amazon Scout's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Max speed: 24 km/h; Weight: 45 kg; Payload: 23 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.
Who makes Amazon Scout?
Amazon Scout is made by Amazon, based in Seattle, Washington, USA, founded in 1994.
Where is Amazon Scout deployed?
2 verified deployments of Amazon Scout are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Seattle, United States.
Can you buy Amazon Scout?
Amazon Scout is discontinued and no longer sold; its historical record remains on the DEPLOY registry.
What are alternatives to Amazon Scout?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable sidewalk robots to Amazon Scout include Starship Bot, Serve Gen 3, Avride delivery robot, Starship Delivery Robot.
How does Amazon Scout compare to Starship Bot?
Amazon Scout and Starship Bot (Starship Technologies · 41 deployments) are both sidewalk robots on the DEPLOY registry. Amazon Scout has 2 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is Amazon Scout a top sidewalk?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Amazon Scout ranks in roughly the top 25% of sidewalk models tracked by the registry.
What is Amazon Scout's maturity stage?
Amazon Scout is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
Is Amazon Scout still being made?
Amazon Scout is discontinued: the product line is permanently ceased; historical records remain on the registry.
Is Amazon Scout safe?
Amazon Scout has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Why was Amazon Scout discontinued?
Amazon ended live testing of Scout delivery robots in October 2022, officially cancelling the program in January 2023. Amazon stated certain aspects of the program were not meeting customers' needs. The company 'reoriented' the program and laid off the Scout team. Amazon Scout six-wheeled delivery robots are no longer operational.
The Robot Report: Amazon ends Scout testing Wikipedia: Amazon Scout
Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-15

Verification posture

Verified

Medium confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-15

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: discontinued

Architectural position

Cohort: sidewalk

Sources by quality tier

3
unclassified
Unclassified source
1
secondary-established-publication
Established publication
1
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication
1
secondary-trade-publication
Trade publication

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

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