{"id":"fa63cce4-f2a0-4eb7-b8b1-c36022b92f73","modelId":"3802283f-6b55-4192-a9e6-98b249fe055d","versionId":null,"locationId":"e9ddd7a7-0ca9-4987-b35a-532cb7fd52eb","operatorId":null,"ownerId":null,"slug":"amazon-scout-europe","status":"operational","firstSeen":null,"statusChangeReason":null,"sourceQualityTier":null,"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://rover.report","title":"Rover registry backfill","date_accessed":"2026-06-07"}],"notes":"European operational deployment. Amazon Scout operations.","keyFacts":[],"reviewNote":null,"exposureHours":null,"exposureBasis":null,"customerSegment":null,"scaleTier":null,"contractValueUsd":null,"contractValueBasis":null,"customerCompanyId":null,"customerExternalName":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-08T01:08:10.469Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-08T01:08:10.469Z","model":{"id":"3802283f-6b55-4192-a9e6-98b249fe055d","companyId":"b9b40dbf-7909-4d29-9bd9-e23f21bf06f9","modelName":"Amazon Scout","slug":"amazon-scout","description":"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.","formFactor":"sidewalk","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"discontinued","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified (the canonical sidewalk wind-down datapoint)","value":"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)."},{"label":"Pivot/wind-down pattern","value":"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)."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified (cap-flag)","value":"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.","formFactor":"sidewalk (six-wheeled cooler-sized autonomous sidewalk delivery robot; DISCONTINUED)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-06/amazon-abandons-autonomous-home-delivery-robot-in-latest-cut","title":"Amazon abandons Scout autonomous home-delivery robot (Oct 6 2022; first reported)","sourceName":"Bloomberg"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/07/amazon-scales-back-scout-delivery-robot-program/","title":"Amazon scales back Scout delivery-robot program (field tests ended; ~400-person team)","sourceName":"TechCrunch"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/amazon-ends-testing-of-scout-delivery-robots/","title":"Amazon ends testing of Scout delivery robots (4 US markets)","sourceName":"The Robot Report"},{"url":"https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-scraps-scout-home-delivery-robot","title":"Amazon scraps Scout home-delivery robot","sourceName":"FreightWaves"},{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/meet-scout","title":"Meet Scout - Amazon official (program wound down ~Oct 2022; page live)","sourceName":"Amazon (About Amazon)"}],"aliases":["Amazon Scout","Scout delivery robot"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T21:25:57.732Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-04T19:11:33.677Z","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 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":"NASDAQ: AMZN","founded":1994,"hq":"Seattle, Washington, USA","fundingTotal":null,"type":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/","label":"About Amazon — Amazon Robotics fulfillment center coverage"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/","label":"TechCrunch — next-generation fulfillment center coverage"},{"url":"https://www.automate.org/","label":"Automate.org — Amazon Robotics surpasses one million systems deployed"},{"url":"https://www.awsinsider.net/","label":"AWS Insider — The Rise of Amazon AI Robots"},{"url":"https://jacobin.com/","label":"Jacobin — A Sober Look at Amazon's Automation Drive"},{"url":"https://www.thescxchange.com/","label":"Supply Chain Exchange — Shreveport DC coverage"},{"url":"https://metaintro.com/","label":"Metaintro — Amazon's 1 Million Robots (Fast Company investigation context)"},{"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"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Fleet scale","value":"1M+ robots globally (mid-2025), continuing growth in 2026"},{"label":"Workforce ratio","value":"~1:1 robot-to-human (1.5M human employees)"},{"label":"Foundational acquisition","value":"Kiva Systems (2012, became Amazon Robotics)"},{"label":"Internal platforms","value":"Proteus (autonomous mobile, navigates with humans), Hercules + Titan (heavy AMRs), Pegasus, Sparrow (picking arm), Robin + Cardinal (sorting/loading arms), Sequoia (containerized inventory system), Vulcan (touch-sensing arm), Blue Jay (ceiling-mounted), Project Eluna (AI decision-support), DeepFleet (generative AI for fleet coordination)"},{"label":"Next-generation fulfillment center","value":"Shreveport, Louisiana, 3M sq ft, 5 floors, 10× standard robot density, Sequoia holds 30M+ items (5× original Houston deployment)"},{"label":"External humanoid pilots","value":"Agility Robotics Digit (tote handling, recycling bin transport)"},{"label":"Autonomous vehicle subsidiary","value":"Zoox (acquired 2020; testing robotaxi in Los Angeles; see /companies/zoox)"},{"label":"Covariant founders acquisition","value":"August 2024, Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, Rocky Duan brought in for AI deployment"},{"label":"Investment program","value":"$15B+ robot warehouse push announced"},{"label":"Workforce signal","value":"Cut 100+ robotics division staff in March 2026 even as automation spending accelerates"},{"label":"wikidata","value":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884"},{"label":"wikipedia","value":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)"}],"aliases":["Amazon","Amazon.com","AMZN","Amazon Robotics"],"collisionRisk":"high","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:21.566Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T22:14:49.981Z"}},"version":null,"location":{"id":"e9ddd7a7-0ca9-4987-b35a-532cb7fd52eb","name":"Europe","slug":"europe","kind":"city","parentLocationId":null,"region":null,"lat":null,"lng":null,"reviewStatus":"unreviewed","aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"high","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-08T01:03:25.652Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-08T01:03:25.652Z"},"operator":null,"owner":null,"derived":{"trustTier":"unverified","currentPosture":null},"jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Event","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/amazon-scout-europe","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/amazon-scout-europe","name":"Amazon Scout at Europe","identifier":"fa63cce4-f2a0-4eb7-b8b1-c36022b92f73","location":{"@type":"Place","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/locations/europe","name":"Europe"},"organizer":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/amazon","name":"Amazon"},"about":{"@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/amazon-scout","name":"Amazon Scout"},"publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"verified","maturity_stage":"commercial","lifecycle_state":"discontinued","architectural_position":{"cohort":"sidewalk","sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":1,"primary_source_types":[]}}}