{"id":"e979f437-8702-45e2-af2d-d1537593a392","modelId":"2bc0589b-e2e8-41bf-b8b7-4bdfee4933c1","versionId":null,"locationId":"a8357ab3-6b22-477a-ab14-c81b542a9ffa","operatorId":"b9b40dbf-7909-4d29-9bd9-e23f21bf06f9","ownerId":null,"slug":"amazon-robotics-fleet-amazon-fulfillment-us","status":"operational","firstSeen":"2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","statusChangeReason":null,"contractType":null,"pilotOutcome":null,"endedAt":null,"unitsOnSite":null,"tasksPerformed":["material_handling"],"shiftStructure":null,"hoursPerDay":24,"siteType":"port","operatorConfirmed":false,"humanSupervisionOnsite":null,"locationPrecisionTier":"verified_coordinates","deploymentScale":"large_100_plus","siteEnvironment":"indoor","operatorType":"maker_operated","sourceQualityTier":2,"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-robotics-robots-fulfillment-center","label":"Amazon robotics: Meet the robots inside fulfillment centers","title":"Amazon robotics: Meet the robots inside fulfillment centers","mediaType":"article","publishedAt":"2024-09-01"},{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-million-robots-ai-foundation-model","label":"Amazon deploys over 1 million robots and launches new AI foundation model","title":"Amazon deploys over 1 million robots and launches new AI foundation model","mediaType":"article","publishedAt":"2024-09-01"}],"notes":"Amazon has deployed over one million autonomous mobile robots across its US fulfillment center network, comprising the Proteus, Robin, Sparrow, Cardinal, and Hercules robot lines. Proteus -- Amazon's first fully autonomous mobile robot capable of navigating freely without human supervision -- operates in outbound GoCart-handling and dock zones, working alongside Cardinal (a robotic arm) to move packages to loading areas. As of late 2024, Proteus is active at 25 US fulfillment centers. The broader fleet handles item picking, sorting, and material transport across large-scale fulfillment hubs nationwide.","keyFacts":[{"label":"Total fleet (Amazon-wide)","value":"Over 1 million robots (as of late 2024)"},{"label":"Proteus sites","value":"25 US fulfillment centers (late 2024)"},{"label":"First Proteus announcement","value":"June 21, 2022"},{"label":"Robot lines","value":"Proteus, Robin, Sparrow, Cardinal, Hercules"}],"reviewNote":null,"exposureHours":null,"deploymentMilesEstimate":null,"exposureBasis":null,"customerSegment":"logistics","scaleTier":"mass_100_999","contractValueUsd":null,"contractValueBasis":null,"customerCompanyId":null,"customerExternalName":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-11T14:21:12.769Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-21T14:23:53.558Z","model":{"id":"2bc0589b-e2e8-41bf-b8b7-4bdfee4933c1","companyId":"b9b40dbf-7909-4d29-9bd9-e23f21bf06f9","modelName":"Amazon Robotics fleet","slug":"amazon-robotics-fleet","description":"Amazon Robotics operates the world's largest deployed fleet of warehouse mobile robots, originating from Amazon's 2012 acquisition of Kiva Systems for $775 million. The registry records it at commercial maturity as an internal deployment: Amazon stated it had deployed its 1 millionth robot in 2025 (corroborated by CNBC), spanning more than 300 facilities and coordinated by the DeepFleet AI foundation model. Its product lines include the Hercules, Pegasus, and Xanthus drive units, Proteus (its first fully autonomous mobile robot, 2022), the heavy-lift Titan (2023), the Sequoia containerized storage system (2023), the Sparrow, Cardinal, and Robin robotic arms, and Vulcan (2025). Critically, these robots are deployed in Amazon's own fulfillment network rather than sold to external customers, so the maturity reflects commercial-scale internal operation (distinct from vendors such as MiR or Locus). The 1M+ figure is Amazon-stated and independently corroborated; trials of Agility's Digit humanoid are claimed, not commercial.","formFactor":"amr","industryVertical":"logistics","environment":"warehouse","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified","value":"Amazon Robotics (originated from the 2012 $775M Kiva Systems acquisition) operates the world's largest deployed mobile-robot fleet: Amazon stated it deployed its 1 millionth robot (2025), corroborated by CNBC, spanning 300+ facilities, coordinated by the DeepFleet AI foundation model (~10% travel-time improvement, Amazon-stated). Product lines: Hercules/Pegasus/Xanthus drive units, Proteus (first fully autonomous, 2022), Titan (heavy-lift, 2023), Sequoia (storage, 2023), Sparrow/Cardinal/Robin arms, Vulcan (2025)."},{"label":"Internal deployment","value":"These robots are deployed in Amazon's own fulfillment network, not sold externally - maturity=commercial reflects commercial-SCALE internal operation (distinct from vendors like MiR/Locus that sell to customers). Digit (Agility) is in trials only (claimed, not commercial)."},{"label":"Scale tiering","value":"1M+ robots = Amazon-stated, CNBC-corroborated. '300+ facilities' is Amazon's own figure (prefer over secondary '1,200' numbers)."}],"deployment":"INTERNAL (Amazon operates these in its own fulfillment network; not sold to external customers)","formFactor":"amr (warehouse mobile-robot fleet + arms: Hercules, Proteus, Titan, Sequoia, Sparrow, etc.)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-million-robots-ai-foundation-model","title":"Amazon deploys 1 millionth robot; DeepFleet AI foundation model (300+ facilities)","sourceName":"Amazon (official)"},{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-robotics-robots-fulfillment-center","title":"Amazon Robotics fleet overview (Hercules, Pegasus, Proteus, Sparrow, Cardinal, Robin, Sequoia)","sourceName":"Amazon (official)"},{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-hercules-robot","title":"Amazon Hercules drive unit (slides under pods, lifts ~1,250 lb; since 2017)","sourceName":"Amazon (official)"},{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-unveils-titan-fulfillment-center-robot","title":"Amazon Titan robot (heavy-lift ~2,500 lb)","sourceName":"Amazon (official)"},{"url":"https://spectrum.ieee.org/amazon-acquires-kiva-systems-for-775-million","title":"Amazon acquires Kiva Systems for $775M (2012; became Amazon Robotics)","sourceName":"IEEE Spectrum"},{"url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/amazon-deploys-its-1-millionth-robot-in-a-sign-of-more-job-automation.html","title":"Amazon deploys 1 millionth robot (independent confirmation + DeepFleet)","sourceName":"CNBC"}],"aliases":["Amazon Proteus","Amazon Hercules","Amazon Sequoia"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"keyFacts":[{"label":"Fleet size","value":"1 million+ robots"},{"label":"Facilities","value":"300+ facilities"},{"label":"Acquisition cost","value":"$775 million (Kiva Systems, 2012)"},{"label":"Coordination system","value":"DeepFleet AI foundation model"},{"label":"Travel-time improvement","value":"~10% (Amazon-stated)"},{"label":"Deployment","value":"Internal (Amazon fulfillment network, not sold externally)"}],"createdAt":"2026-06-03T17:25:11.477Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-12T04:24:54.136Z","unitsInFieldClaimed":null,"unitsInFieldVerified":null,"unitsManufacturedClaimed":null,"unitsManufacturedVerified":null,"unitsAsOf":null,"unitsSource":null,"salesModel":null,"priceUndisclosedSince":null,"autonomyClass":null,"autonomyStatement":null,"autonomyStatementSource":null,"demoForensics":null,"exportControlClass":null,"minCommitment":null,"warrantyTerms":null,"serviceModel":null,"productionRateClaimed":null,"productionRateEvidenced":null,"teleopRatioDisclosed":null,"interventionRateDisclosed":null,"company":{"id":"b9b40dbf-7909-4d29-9bd9-e23f21bf06f9","name":"Amazon","slug":"amazon","description":"Amazon is the largest deployer of physical-AI robotics in the world by fleet count, with more than 1 million robots deployed across its global fulfillment network as of mid-2025, a count that continues to climb in 2026. The robot-to-human ratio across Amazon's operations is approaching 1:1, with roughly 1.5 million human employees. Amazon's physical-AI strategy is structurally vertically integrated: the company manufactures its own robotics platforms through Amazon Robotics (the subsidiary formed from the 2012 acquisition of Kiva Systems), operates autonomous vehicle robotaxi service through Zoox (acquired 2020), pilots external humanoids including [Agility robotics](/companies/agility-robotics) Digit, and acquired the Covariant founding team in August 2024 to accelerate AI deployment across robotics. The company's next-generation Shreveport, Louisiana fulfillment center deploys 10× more robots than a standard facility and serves as the orchestration testbed for Amazon's full robotics platform stack.\n\nAmazon's editorial significance is structural vertical integration unmatched by any other operator in physical AI. While most operators evaluate humanoids from external vendors (GXO, BMW, Toyota), and while most robot makers depend on external customer deployments (Figure, Agility, Apptronik), Amazon owns the entire stack: manufactures its own platforms, operates its own deployments, develops its own AI through Covariant talent, and runs its own autonomous-vehicle service. This puts Amazon in a category by itself among physical-AI operators globally.","status":"public","founded":1994,"hq":"Seattle, Washington, USA","hqLat":47.6038321,"hqLng":-122.330062,"hqGeocodedAt":"2026-08-05T14:19:17.624Z","hqAddress":null,"hqPrecision":null,"website":"amazon.com","fundingTotal":null,"type":"hardware","roles":["robot_maker","data_center_operator","robot_operator"],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","heatIndex":65,"lifecycleState":"active","supersededByCompanyId":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/"},{"url":"https://www.automate.org/"},{"url":"https://www.awsinsider.net/"},{"url":"https://jacobin.com/"},{"url":"https://www.thescxchange.com/"},{"url":"https://metaintro.com/"},{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-introduces-new-robotics-solutions","title":"Amazon introduces new fulfillment robotics (Sequoia, Proteus) (official)","sourceName":"Amazon (official)"},{"url":"https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazons-robot-workforce-hits-1-million-heres-what-they-all-do/","title":"Amazon tops 1 million robots; overview of its robot fleet (2025)","sourceName":"GeekWire"},{"url":"https://www.mmh.com/article/amazon_tests_its_sequoia_system_and_agility_robotics_digit_for_fulfillment","title":"Amazon tests its Sequoia system and Agility Robotics' Digit for fulfillment","sourceName":"Modern Materials Handling"},{"url":"https://press.aboutamazon.com/job-creation-and-investment/2026/9/amazon-to-create-300-high-paying-jobs-at-new-advanced-manufacturing-facility-in-greenwood-indiana","title":"Amazon to Create 300 High-Paying Jobs at New Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Greenwood, Indiana","sourceName":"Amazon Press Center","publishedAt":"2026-09-24"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DdxQgYoyQMB/","title":"Amazon putting another $100M into robotics / expanding manufacturing network (uncover.robotics via Instagram)","sourceName":"Instagram (@uncover.robotics / via Deploy.Report digest)","publishedAt":"2026-09-26"},{"url":"https://www.constellationenergy.com/news/2026/09/constellation-and-amazon-announce-20-year-power-purchase-agreement-at-calvert-cliffs.html","title":"Constellation and Amazon Announce 20-Year Power Purchase Agreement Adding 190 Megawatts of Nuclear Capacity at Calvert Cliffs","sourceName":"Constellation Energy","publishedAt":"2026-09-30"},{"url":"https://www.streetinsider.com/Reuters/Constellation%2C+Amazon+sign+20-year+power+deal+to+support+Maryland+nuclear+plant/27129622.html","title":"Constellation, Amazon sign 20-year power deal to support Maryland nuclear plant","sourceName":"Reuters via StreetInsider","publishedAt":"2026-09-30"},{"url":"https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/capacityblocks/pricing/","title":"Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML Pricing","sourceName":"AWS","publishedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"url":"https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-seeks-offload-8-billion-nvidia-chips-investors-ft-reports-2026-10-02/","title":"Amazon seeks to offload $8 billion of Nvidia chips to investors, FT reports","sourceName":"Reuters","publishedAt":"2026-10-02"},{"url":"https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/amazon-seeks-offload-8-billion-nvidia-chips-investors-ft-reports-6426021","title":"Amazon seeks to offload $8 billion of Nvidia chips to investors, FT reports","sourceName":"CNA (Reuters)","publishedAt":"2026-10-02"},{"url":"https://financialpost.com/technology/amazon-offload-8bn-nvidia-chips-investors","title":"Amazon seeks to offload US$8 billion of Nvidia chips to investors","sourceName":"Financial Post (Financial Times)","publishedAt":"2026-10-02"},{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-data-centers-built-together","title":"The race our nation can't afford to lose, plus a new commitment from us and a fresh set of community investments (Built Together)","sourceName":"About Amazon (Matt Garman / AWS CEO)","publishedAt":"2026-10-02"},{"url":"https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-invest-1-billion-over-five-years-us-data-center-communities-2026-10-02/","title":"Amazon to invest $1 billion over five years in US data center communities","sourceName":"Reuters","publishedAt":"2026-10-02"},{"url":"https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-pledges-1b-to-data-center-communities-warns-that-local-opposition-threatens-u-s-ai-lead/","title":"Amazon pledges $1B to data center communities, warns that local opposition threatens U.S. AI lead","sourceName":"GeekWire","publishedAt":"2026-10-02"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/amazon-responds-to-data-center-backlash-says-it-no-longer-uses-ndas/","title":"Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs","sourceName":"TechCrunch","publishedAt":"2026-10-03"},{"url":"https://www.theverge.com/tech/1004362/amazon-no-longer-uses-ndas-with-government-agencies-it-works-with-on-data-center-projects","title":"Amazon no longer uses NDAs with government agencies it works with on data center projects","sourceName":"The Verge","publishedAt":"2026-10-02"},{"url":"https://www.deq.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2026/08/28/ncdeqs-division-air-quality-requires-additional-monitoring-testing-final-air-quality-permits-amazon","title":"NCDEQ's Division of Air Quality requires additional monitoring, testing in final air quality permits for Amazon","sourceName":"NC Department of Environmental Quality","publishedAt":"2026-08-28"},{"url":"https://www.wral.com/business/technology/north-carolina-diesel-generators-amazon-data-center-september-2026/","title":"North Carolina approves diesel generator permits for Amazon data center","sourceName":"WRAL","publishedAt":"2026-09"},{"url":"https://x.com/rdd147/status/2107245637268058580","title":"X post on Amazon NC data center generators","sourceName":"X/@rdd147","publishedAt":"2026-10-05"},{"url":"https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/ai-data-center-companies-reveal-to-warren-blumenthal-van-hollen-they-are-not-paying-their-full-costs-will-continue-using-ndas-and-seeking-tax-breaks/","title":"AI Data Center Companies Reveal They Are Not Paying Their Full Costs, Will Continue Using NDAs and Seeking Tax Breaks","sourceName":"U.S. Senate (Warren)","publishedAt":"2026-10-09"},{"url":"https://time.com/article/2026/10/08/senate-investigation-ai-data-centers/","title":"Senate Investigation Challenges Big Tech's Case for AI Data Centers","sourceName":"TIME","publishedAt":"2026-10-08"},{"url":"https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/amazon-in-talks-to-buy-ai-startup-decart-for-around-7-billion-9433abad","title":"Amazon in Talks to Buy AI Startup Decart for Around $7 Billion","sourceName":"Wall Street Journal","publishedAt":"2026-10-11"},{"url":"https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/amazon-in-talks-to-buy-ai-startup-decart-for-around-7-billion-wsj-reports-4942850","title":"Amazon in talks to buy AI startup Decart for around $7 billion, WSJ reports","sourceName":"Reuters (via Investing.com)","publishedAt":"2026-10-11"},{"url":"https://www.straitstimes.com/business/amazon-in-talks-to-buy-ai-startup-decart-for-around-us7-billion-report","title":"Amazon in talks to buy AI startup Decart for around US$7 billion: Report","sourceName":"The Straits Times (Reuters)","publishedAt":"2026-10-12"},{"url":"https://x.com/Techmeme/status/2109393829661179965","title":"Amazon-Decart talks ~$7B (WSJ)","sourceName":"X/@Techmeme","publishedAt":"2026-10-11"},{"url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/anthropic-said-to-walk-away-from-6-billion-decart-acquisition","title":"Anthropic Said to Walk Away From $6 Billion Decart Purchase","sourceName":"Bloomberg","publishedAt":"2026-09-08"},{"url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/anthropic-said-walk-away-6-012511516.html","title":"Anthropic Said to Walk Away From $6 Billion Decart Acquisition","sourceName":"Yahoo Finance (Bloomberg)","publishedAt":"2026-09-08"},{"url":"https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-ramps-up-delivery-speed-robotics-roll-out","title":"Amazon ramps up delivery speed, robotics roll out","sourceName":"FreightWaves"},{"url":"https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/fedex-amazon-pursue-expanded-use-of-robotic-arms/827221/","title":"FedEx, Amazon pursue expanded use of robotic arms","sourceName":"Supply Chain Dive"},{"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.17161","title":"Force-Modulated Dexterity: Unified Compliance for Contact-Rich Manipulation","sourceName":"arXiv"},{"url":"https://yingyuan0414.github.io/fomo-dex/","title":"FOMO-Dex project page","sourceName":"FOMO-Dex authors"},{"url":"https://x.com/robotsdigest/status/2111839910303007094","title":"FOMO-DEX from Amazon FAR, CMU and Berkeley takes a third route","sourceName":"Robots Digest on X","publishedAt":"2026-10-18"},{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-nuclear-energy-indiana-x-energy-aep","title":"Amazon plans nearly 1 GW nuclear energy project in Indiana","sourceName":"Amazon"},{"url":"https://investors.x-energy.com/news-releases/news-release-details/x-energy-amazon-american-electric-power-partner-bring-smr","title":"X-energy, Amazon, American Electric Power Partner to Bring SMR Project to Indiana","sourceName":"X-energy","publishedAt":"2026-10-19"},{"url":"https://www.aep.com/news/stories/view/12330/","title":"AEP Partners with Amazon and X-energy to Explore Advanced Nuclear Energy in Indiana","sourceName":"AEP","publishedAt":"2026-10-19"},{"url":"https://fiberaa.github.io/","title":"FIBER: Action-Aligned Latent Planning for Versatile Humanoid Loco-Manipulation","sourceName":"Amazon FAR (project page)","publishedAt":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://fiberaa.github.io/static/papers/FIBER.pdf","title":"FIBER paper (PDF)","sourceName":"Amazon FAR","publishedAt":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://virginiabusiness.com/amazon-cancels-data-centers-for-gw-ashburn-campus/","title":"Amazon cancels data centers for GW Ashburn campus","sourceName":"Virginia Business","publishedAt":"2026-10-21"},{"url":"https://fortune.com/2026/10/21/amazon-427-million-gw-campus-data-center-65-million/","title":"Amazon abandons $427 million data center plan and pledges land donations worth $65 million instead","sourceName":"Fortune","publishedAt":"2026-10-21"},{"url":"https://wtop.com/virginia/2026/10/loudoun-county-amazon-reach-withdrawn-data-center-project-gw-campus/","title":"Amazon withdraws proposal to build data centers on GW campus in Loudoun County","sourceName":"WTOP News","publishedAt":"2026-10-21"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Robot fleet (company-claimed)","value":"1M+ robots across 300+ facilities; Amazon says it has manufactured more than a million robots in the US."},{"label":"Workforce ratio","value":"About one robot per human worker, with 1.5M employees."},{"label":"Robot platforms","value":"Proteus, Hercules, Titan, Pegasus, Sparrow, Robin, Cardinal, Sequoia, Vulcan and Blue Jay, plus Project Eluna and DeepFleet for AI fleet coordination."},{"label":"Shreveport fulfillment center","value":"3M sq ft over five floors with 10x standard robot density; its Sequoia system holds 30M+ items."},{"label":"Humanoid pilots","value":"Agility Robotics Digit for tote handling and recycling-bin transport."},{"label":"Zoox","value":"Robotaxi subsidiary acquired in 2020, testing in Los Angeles."},{"label":"Covariant license-and-hire (Aug 2024)","value":"Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen and Rocky Duan joined Amazon to lead AI deployment."},{"label":"Robotics investment","value":"A $15B+ robot warehouse push. Amazon cut 100+ robotics staff in March 2026 even as automation spending rose."},{"label":"Greenwood robot plant (company-claimed)","value":"Sep 2026: A $100M+, 585,000 sq ft plant in Greenwood, Indiana building fulfillment and robotics products, with 300 jobs, opening by 2028."},{"label":"Project Kuiper","value":"Satellite network adding direct-to-mobile service to compete with SpaceX Starlink."},{"label":"Calvert Cliffs nuclear deal (company-claimed)","value":"Sep 2026: 20 years of 690 MW from Constellation's Calvert Cliffs plant, including about 190 MW of new capacity from an uprate due 2030-2032."},{"label":"AWS Capacity Block prices (company-claimed)","value":"Up about 15% from Oct 7 2026: P6-B300 $16.146 and P6-B200 $14.208 per accelerator-hour. On-Demand prices unchanged."},{"label":"NVIDIA chip leaseback (company-claimed)","value":"In talks to move about $8B of NVIDIA Grace Blackwell chips into an investor-funded vehicle and lease them back."},{"label":"Built Together (company-claimed)","value":"Oct 2026: $1B+ over five years for US data-center communities: community college costs, trades training, home and school energy upgrades, and water projects."},{"label":"Data Center Commitment (company-claimed)","value":"Oct 2026: No new NDAs with government agencies, annual public reporting of energy and water use, and a water-positive goal by 2030."},{"label":"Hamlet, NC campus","value":"Aug 2026: North Carolina issued air permits for 588 backup engines at the planned Hamlet data center campus, reported as a $10B project."},{"label":"Senate DC cost probe (reported, Oct 2026)","value":"A Warren, Van Hollen and Blumenthal report finds named AI DC operators do not cover full grid costs, still seek tax breaks, and use NDAs limiting community scrutiny."},{"label":"Decart acquisition talks (reported, unconfirmed)","value":"Oct 2026: in talks to acquire Decart AI for around $7B; talks could still fall apart; Amazon did not comment."},{"label":"Robotic arm fleet plan (company-claimed, Jul 2026)","value":"CFO Brian Olsavsky said Amazon expects to more than double its fleet of robotic arms, such as Cardinal and Sparrow, in 2026."},{"label":"FOMO-Dex teleoperation (research-stated, Oct 2026)","value":"Amazon FAR and Carnegie Mellon researchers use force feedback to adjust only the contact-relevant parts of a teleop or policy command, leaving the rest unchanged."},{"label":"FOMO-Dex results (research-stated, Oct 2026)","value":"Cut excess contact force vs stiff control on four tasks; teleop screwdriving rose from 4.2 to 34.7 turns per episode, and policies trained on its demos did better. Preprint."},{"label":"Indiana SMR project (company-stated, Oct 2026)","value":"Funding development of a proposed 960 MW, 12-reactor X-energy plant with AEP in Sullivan County, Indiana, and intends to buy its power under a long-term contract."},{"label":"FIBER humanoid planner (research-stated, Oct 2026)","value":"Amazon FAR policy trained only in simulation ran on a Unitree G1: real-world box pickup 6/10, door opening 4/10, small-object grasping 2/10; 42% mean success in sim."},{"label":"Loudoun GW campus plan dropped (company-stated, Oct 2026)","value":"Withdrew plans for four data center buildings (800,000+ sq ft) on the 122-acre former GWU Ashburn campus it bought for about $427M; will seek mixed-use rezoning, mostly housing."},{"label":"Loudoun community pledge (county-stated, Oct 2026)","value":"Will dedicate about 25 acres, valued near $65M, for an arts center and indoor sports facility and give $5M to the county housing fund. Final agreements and rezoning are pending."}],"aliases":["Amazon","Amazon.com","AMZN","Amazon Robotics","Amazon.com Inc","Amazon Prime Air","Amazon Zoox","Amazon Kiva"],"collisionRisk":"high","reviewNote":null,"atsProvider":null,"atsSlug":null,"factoryLocations":null,"manufacturingCapacity":null,"orgType":null,"burnSignal":null,"litigationEvents":null,"insurancePostureDisclosed":null,"unitEconomicsDisclosed":null,"tickerSymbol":null,"stockExchange":null,"secCik":null,"revenueUsd":null,"revenueBasis":null,"revenueAsOf":null,"employeeCount":null,"employeeCountBasis":null,"employeeCountAsOf":null,"marketCapUsd":null,"marketCapAsOf":null,"marketCapSource":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:21.566Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T20:57:30.479Z"}},"version":null,"location":{"id":"a8357ab3-6b22-477a-ab14-c81b542a9ffa","name":"Amazon Fulfillment Center (US)","slug":"amazon-fulfillment-us","kind":"site","parentLocationId":"20f6cd60-f644-412c-86f8-dc7d5d2368a3","region":null,"lat":36.5023,"lng":-94.5849,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","aliases":["Amazon warehouse","Amazon fulfillment"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-25T22:23:30.762Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-10T01:01:39.512Z"},"operator":{"id":"b9b40dbf-7909-4d29-9bd9-e23f21bf06f9","name":"Amazon","slug":"amazon","description":"Amazon is the largest deployer of physical-AI robotics in the world by fleet count, with more than 1 million robots deployed across its global fulfillment network as of mid-2025, a count that continues to climb in 2026. The robot-to-human ratio across Amazon's operations is approaching 1:1, with roughly 1.5 million human employees. Amazon's physical-AI strategy is structurally vertically integrated: the company manufactures its own robotics platforms through Amazon Robotics (the subsidiary formed from the 2012 acquisition of Kiva Systems), operates autonomous vehicle robotaxi service through Zoox (acquired 2020), pilots external humanoids including [Agility robotics](/companies/agility-robotics) Digit, and acquired the Covariant founding team in August 2024 to accelerate AI deployment across robotics. The company's next-generation Shreveport, Louisiana fulfillment center deploys 10× more robots than a standard facility and serves as the orchestration testbed for Amazon's full robotics platform stack.\n\nAmazon's editorial significance is structural vertical integration unmatched by any other operator in physical AI. While most operators evaluate humanoids from external vendors (GXO, BMW, Toyota), and while most robot makers depend on external customer deployments (Figure, Agility, Apptronik), Amazon owns the entire stack: manufactures its own platforms, operates its own deployments, develops its own AI through Covariant talent, and runs its own autonomous-vehicle service. This puts Amazon in a category by itself among physical-AI operators globally.","status":"public","founded":1994,"hq":"Seattle, Washington, USA","hqLat":47.6038321,"hqLng":-122.330062,"hqGeocodedAt":"2026-08-05T14:19:17.624Z","hqAddress":null,"hqPrecision":null,"website":"amazon.com","fundingTotal":null,"type":"hardware","roles":["robot_maker","data_center_operator","robot_operator"],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","heatIndex":65,"lifecycleState":"active","supersededByCompanyId":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/"},{"url":"https://www.automate.org/"},{"url":"https://www.awsinsider.net/"},{"url":"https://jacobin.com/"},{"url":"https://www.thescxchange.com/"},{"url":"https://metaintro.com/"},{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-introduces-new-robotics-solutions","title":"Amazon introduces new fulfillment robotics (Sequoia, Proteus) (official)","sourceName":"Amazon (official)"},{"url":"https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazons-robot-workforce-hits-1-million-heres-what-they-all-do/","title":"Amazon tops 1 million robots; overview of its robot fleet (2025)","sourceName":"GeekWire"},{"url":"https://www.mmh.com/article/amazon_tests_its_sequoia_system_and_agility_robotics_digit_for_fulfillment","title":"Amazon tests its Sequoia system and Agility Robotics' Digit for fulfillment","sourceName":"Modern Materials Handling"},{"url":"https://press.aboutamazon.com/job-creation-and-investment/2026/9/amazon-to-create-300-high-paying-jobs-at-new-advanced-manufacturing-facility-in-greenwood-indiana","title":"Amazon to Create 300 High-Paying Jobs at New Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Greenwood, Indiana","sourceName":"Amazon Press Center","publishedAt":"2026-09-24"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DdxQgYoyQMB/","title":"Amazon putting another $100M into robotics / expanding manufacturing network (uncover.robotics via Instagram)","sourceName":"Instagram (@uncover.robotics / via Deploy.Report digest)","publishedAt":"2026-09-26"},{"url":"https://www.constellationenergy.com/news/2026/09/constellation-and-amazon-announce-20-year-power-purchase-agreement-at-calvert-cliffs.html","title":"Constellation and Amazon Announce 20-Year Power Purchase Agreement Adding 190 Megawatts of Nuclear Capacity at Calvert Cliffs","sourceName":"Constellation Energy","publishedAt":"2026-09-30"},{"url":"https://www.streetinsider.com/Reuters/Constellation%2C+Amazon+sign+20-year+power+deal+to+support+Maryland+nuclear+plant/27129622.html","title":"Constellation, Amazon sign 20-year power deal to support Maryland nuclear plant","sourceName":"Reuters via StreetInsider","publishedAt":"2026-09-30"},{"url":"https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/capacityblocks/pricing/","title":"Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML Pricing","sourceName":"AWS","publishedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"url":"https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-seeks-offload-8-billion-nvidia-chips-investors-ft-reports-2026-10-02/","title":"Amazon seeks to offload $8 billion of Nvidia chips to investors, FT reports","sourceName":"Reuters","publishedAt":"2026-10-02"},{"url":"https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/amazon-seeks-offload-8-billion-nvidia-chips-investors-ft-reports-6426021","title":"Amazon seeks to offload $8 billion of Nvidia chips to investors, FT reports","sourceName":"CNA (Reuters)","publishedAt":"2026-10-02"},{"url":"https://financialpost.com/technology/amazon-offload-8bn-nvidia-chips-investors","title":"Amazon seeks to offload US$8 billion of Nvidia chips to investors","sourceName":"Financial Post (Financial Times)","publishedAt":"2026-10-02"},{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-data-centers-built-together","title":"The race our nation can't afford to lose, plus a new commitment from us and a fresh set of community investments (Built Together)","sourceName":"About Amazon (Matt Garman / AWS CEO)","publishedAt":"2026-10-02"},{"url":"https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-invest-1-billion-over-five-years-us-data-center-communities-2026-10-02/","title":"Amazon to invest $1 billion over five years in US data center communities","sourceName":"Reuters","publishedAt":"2026-10-02"},{"url":"https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-pledges-1b-to-data-center-communities-warns-that-local-opposition-threatens-u-s-ai-lead/","title":"Amazon pledges $1B to data center communities, warns that local opposition threatens U.S. AI lead","sourceName":"GeekWire","publishedAt":"2026-10-02"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/amazon-responds-to-data-center-backlash-says-it-no-longer-uses-ndas/","title":"Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs","sourceName":"TechCrunch","publishedAt":"2026-10-03"},{"url":"https://www.theverge.com/tech/1004362/amazon-no-longer-uses-ndas-with-government-agencies-it-works-with-on-data-center-projects","title":"Amazon no longer uses NDAs with government agencies it works with on data center projects","sourceName":"The Verge","publishedAt":"2026-10-02"},{"url":"https://www.deq.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2026/08/28/ncdeqs-division-air-quality-requires-additional-monitoring-testing-final-air-quality-permits-amazon","title":"NCDEQ's Division of Air Quality requires additional monitoring, testing in final air quality permits for Amazon","sourceName":"NC Department of Environmental Quality","publishedAt":"2026-08-28"},{"url":"https://www.wral.com/business/technology/north-carolina-diesel-generators-amazon-data-center-september-2026/","title":"North Carolina approves diesel generator permits for Amazon data center","sourceName":"WRAL","publishedAt":"2026-09"},{"url":"https://x.com/rdd147/status/2107245637268058580","title":"X post on Amazon NC data center generators","sourceName":"X/@rdd147","publishedAt":"2026-10-05"},{"url":"https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/ai-data-center-companies-reveal-to-warren-blumenthal-van-hollen-they-are-not-paying-their-full-costs-will-continue-using-ndas-and-seeking-tax-breaks/","title":"AI Data Center Companies Reveal They Are Not Paying Their Full Costs, Will Continue Using NDAs and Seeking Tax Breaks","sourceName":"U.S. Senate (Warren)","publishedAt":"2026-10-09"},{"url":"https://time.com/article/2026/10/08/senate-investigation-ai-data-centers/","title":"Senate Investigation Challenges Big Tech's Case for AI Data Centers","sourceName":"TIME","publishedAt":"2026-10-08"},{"url":"https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/amazon-in-talks-to-buy-ai-startup-decart-for-around-7-billion-9433abad","title":"Amazon in Talks to Buy AI Startup Decart for Around $7 Billion","sourceName":"Wall Street Journal","publishedAt":"2026-10-11"},{"url":"https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/amazon-in-talks-to-buy-ai-startup-decart-for-around-7-billion-wsj-reports-4942850","title":"Amazon in talks to buy AI startup Decart for around $7 billion, WSJ reports","sourceName":"Reuters (via Investing.com)","publishedAt":"2026-10-11"},{"url":"https://www.straitstimes.com/business/amazon-in-talks-to-buy-ai-startup-decart-for-around-us7-billion-report","title":"Amazon in talks to buy AI startup Decart for around US$7 billion: Report","sourceName":"The Straits Times (Reuters)","publishedAt":"2026-10-12"},{"url":"https://x.com/Techmeme/status/2109393829661179965","title":"Amazon-Decart talks ~$7B (WSJ)","sourceName":"X/@Techmeme","publishedAt":"2026-10-11"},{"url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/anthropic-said-to-walk-away-from-6-billion-decart-acquisition","title":"Anthropic Said to Walk Away From $6 Billion Decart Purchase","sourceName":"Bloomberg","publishedAt":"2026-09-08"},{"url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/anthropic-said-walk-away-6-012511516.html","title":"Anthropic Said to Walk Away From $6 Billion Decart Acquisition","sourceName":"Yahoo Finance (Bloomberg)","publishedAt":"2026-09-08"},{"url":"https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-ramps-up-delivery-speed-robotics-roll-out","title":"Amazon ramps up delivery speed, robotics roll out","sourceName":"FreightWaves"},{"url":"https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/fedex-amazon-pursue-expanded-use-of-robotic-arms/827221/","title":"FedEx, Amazon pursue expanded use of robotic arms","sourceName":"Supply Chain Dive"},{"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.17161","title":"Force-Modulated Dexterity: Unified Compliance for Contact-Rich Manipulation","sourceName":"arXiv"},{"url":"https://yingyuan0414.github.io/fomo-dex/","title":"FOMO-Dex project page","sourceName":"FOMO-Dex authors"},{"url":"https://x.com/robotsdigest/status/2111839910303007094","title":"FOMO-DEX from Amazon FAR, CMU and Berkeley takes a third route","sourceName":"Robots Digest on X","publishedAt":"2026-10-18"},{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-nuclear-energy-indiana-x-energy-aep","title":"Amazon plans nearly 1 GW nuclear energy project in Indiana","sourceName":"Amazon"},{"url":"https://investors.x-energy.com/news-releases/news-release-details/x-energy-amazon-american-electric-power-partner-bring-smr","title":"X-energy, Amazon, American Electric Power Partner to Bring SMR Project to Indiana","sourceName":"X-energy","publishedAt":"2026-10-19"},{"url":"https://www.aep.com/news/stories/view/12330/","title":"AEP Partners with Amazon and X-energy to Explore Advanced Nuclear Energy in Indiana","sourceName":"AEP","publishedAt":"2026-10-19"},{"url":"https://fiberaa.github.io/","title":"FIBER: Action-Aligned Latent Planning for Versatile Humanoid Loco-Manipulation","sourceName":"Amazon FAR (project page)","publishedAt":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://fiberaa.github.io/static/papers/FIBER.pdf","title":"FIBER paper (PDF)","sourceName":"Amazon FAR","publishedAt":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://virginiabusiness.com/amazon-cancels-data-centers-for-gw-ashburn-campus/","title":"Amazon cancels data centers for GW Ashburn campus","sourceName":"Virginia Business","publishedAt":"2026-10-21"},{"url":"https://fortune.com/2026/10/21/amazon-427-million-gw-campus-data-center-65-million/","title":"Amazon abandons $427 million data center plan and pledges land donations worth $65 million instead","sourceName":"Fortune","publishedAt":"2026-10-21"},{"url":"https://wtop.com/virginia/2026/10/loudoun-county-amazon-reach-withdrawn-data-center-project-gw-campus/","title":"Amazon withdraws proposal to build data centers on GW campus in Loudoun County","sourceName":"WTOP News","publishedAt":"2026-10-21"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Robot fleet (company-claimed)","value":"1M+ robots across 300+ facilities; Amazon says it has manufactured more than a million robots in the US."},{"label":"Workforce ratio","value":"About one robot per human worker, with 1.5M employees."},{"label":"Robot platforms","value":"Proteus, Hercules, Titan, Pegasus, Sparrow, Robin, Cardinal, Sequoia, Vulcan and Blue Jay, plus Project Eluna and DeepFleet for AI fleet coordination."},{"label":"Shreveport fulfillment center","value":"3M sq ft over five floors with 10x standard robot density; its Sequoia system holds 30M+ items."},{"label":"Humanoid pilots","value":"Agility Robotics Digit for tote handling and recycling-bin transport."},{"label":"Zoox","value":"Robotaxi subsidiary acquired in 2020, testing in Los Angeles."},{"label":"Covariant license-and-hire (Aug 2024)","value":"Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen and Rocky Duan joined Amazon to lead AI deployment."},{"label":"Robotics investment","value":"A $15B+ robot warehouse push. Amazon cut 100+ robotics staff in March 2026 even as automation spending rose."},{"label":"Greenwood robot plant (company-claimed)","value":"Sep 2026: A $100M+, 585,000 sq ft plant in Greenwood, Indiana building fulfillment and robotics products, with 300 jobs, opening by 2028."},{"label":"Project Kuiper","value":"Satellite network adding direct-to-mobile service to compete with SpaceX Starlink."},{"label":"Calvert Cliffs nuclear deal (company-claimed)","value":"Sep 2026: 20 years of 690 MW from Constellation's Calvert Cliffs plant, including about 190 MW of new capacity from an uprate due 2030-2032."},{"label":"AWS Capacity Block prices (company-claimed)","value":"Up about 15% from Oct 7 2026: P6-B300 $16.146 and P6-B200 $14.208 per accelerator-hour. On-Demand prices unchanged."},{"label":"NVIDIA chip leaseback (company-claimed)","value":"In talks to move about $8B of NVIDIA Grace Blackwell chips into an investor-funded vehicle and lease them back."},{"label":"Built Together (company-claimed)","value":"Oct 2026: $1B+ over five years for US data-center communities: community college costs, trades training, home and school energy upgrades, and water projects."},{"label":"Data Center Commitment (company-claimed)","value":"Oct 2026: No new NDAs with government agencies, annual public reporting of energy and water use, and a water-positive goal by 2030."},{"label":"Hamlet, NC campus","value":"Aug 2026: North Carolina issued air permits for 588 backup engines at the planned Hamlet data center campus, reported as a $10B project."},{"label":"Senate DC cost probe (reported, Oct 2026)","value":"A Warren, Van Hollen and Blumenthal report finds named AI DC operators do not cover full grid costs, still seek tax breaks, and use NDAs limiting community scrutiny."},{"label":"Decart acquisition talks (reported, unconfirmed)","value":"Oct 2026: in talks to acquire Decart AI for around $7B; talks could still fall apart; Amazon did not comment."},{"label":"Robotic arm fleet plan (company-claimed, Jul 2026)","value":"CFO Brian Olsavsky said Amazon expects to more than double its fleet of robotic arms, such as Cardinal and Sparrow, in 2026."},{"label":"FOMO-Dex teleoperation (research-stated, Oct 2026)","value":"Amazon FAR and Carnegie Mellon researchers use force feedback to adjust only the contact-relevant parts of a teleop or policy command, leaving the rest unchanged."},{"label":"FOMO-Dex results (research-stated, Oct 2026)","value":"Cut excess contact force vs stiff control on four tasks; teleop screwdriving rose from 4.2 to 34.7 turns per episode, and policies trained on its demos did better. Preprint."},{"label":"Indiana SMR project (company-stated, Oct 2026)","value":"Funding development of a proposed 960 MW, 12-reactor X-energy plant with AEP in Sullivan County, Indiana, and intends to buy its power under a long-term contract."},{"label":"FIBER humanoid planner (research-stated, Oct 2026)","value":"Amazon FAR policy trained only in simulation ran on a Unitree G1: real-world box pickup 6/10, door opening 4/10, small-object grasping 2/10; 42% mean success in sim."},{"label":"Loudoun GW campus plan dropped (company-stated, Oct 2026)","value":"Withdrew plans for four data center buildings (800,000+ sq ft) on the 122-acre former GWU Ashburn campus it bought for about $427M; will seek mixed-use rezoning, mostly housing."},{"label":"Loudoun community pledge (county-stated, Oct 2026)","value":"Will dedicate about 25 acres, valued near $65M, for an arts center and indoor sports facility and give $5M to the county housing fund. Final agreements and rezoning are pending."}],"aliases":["Amazon","Amazon.com","AMZN","Amazon Robotics","Amazon.com Inc","Amazon Prime Air","Amazon Zoox","Amazon Kiva"],"collisionRisk":"high","reviewNote":null,"atsProvider":null,"atsSlug":null,"factoryLocations":null,"manufacturingCapacity":null,"orgType":null,"burnSignal":null,"litigationEvents":null,"insurancePostureDisclosed":null,"unitEconomicsDisclosed":null,"tickerSymbol":null,"stockExchange":null,"secCik":null,"revenueUsd":null,"revenueBasis":null,"revenueAsOf":null,"employeeCount":null,"employeeCountBasis":null,"employeeCountAsOf":null,"marketCapUsd":null,"marketCapAsOf":null,"marketCapSource":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:21.566Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T20:57:30.479Z"},"owner":null,"derived":{"trustTier":"unverified","currentPosture":null},"jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Event","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/amazon-robotics-fleet-amazon-fulfillment-us","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/amazon-robotics-fleet-amazon-fulfillment-us","name":"Amazon Robotics fleet at Amazon Fulfillment Center (US)","identifier":"e979f437-8702-45e2-af2d-d1537593a392","startDate":"2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","location":{"@type":"Place","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/locations/amazon-fulfillment-us","name":"Amazon Fulfillment Center (US)"},"organizer":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/amazon","name":"Amazon"},"about":{"@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/amazon-robotics-fleet","name":"Amazon Robotics fleet"},"publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"verified","maturity_stage":"commercial","lifecycle_state":"active","architectural_position":{"cohort":"amr","sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":2,"primary_source_types":[]}}}