Amazon Robotics Timeline

Events

• 2026-06-04 - Product Launch - Amazon introduces next-generation Proteus and expands Vulcan and STARK in Europe - The new Proteus can receive conversational task prompts and determine task priority, route and timing while moving loads beyond its earlier dock-area scope. Vulcan and the STARK tote-handling system are part of a planned robotics expansion across European… - source: aboutamazon.com
• 2026-02-25 - Market Signal - Amazon ends Blue Jay operations while retaining its underlying technology - Blue Jay had combined multiple robotic arms in one workstation to perform three package-processing tasks previously handled at separate stations. Amazon added the discontinuation notice on 25 February 2026 after introducing the system in October 2025. The… - source: aboutamazon.com
• 2025-10-28 - Partnership - Amazon Robotics is among the companies adopting NVIDIA Cosmos or Isaac GR00T for robotics development - The configuration is current at publication and bounded to the named robotics product or component. The named product or component configuration does not imply exclusivity across the customer's wider portfolio. - source: blogs.nvidia.com
• 2025-06-30 - Production Milestone - Amazon deploys its one-millionth robot and introduces DeepFleet - The milestone robot was delivered to a fulfillment center in Japan, extending Amazon's robotics footprint to more than 300 facilities worldwide. DeepFleet uses a generative-AI foundation model to coordinate mobile-robot traffic and is expected to improve… - source: aboutamazon.com
• 2025-05-07 - Product Launch - Amazon Robotics introduces Vulcan for tactile pick-and-stow work - A Spokane pilot used six Vulcan Stow systems, with another 30 planned for beta deployment before expansion to Germany. Vulcan Pick combines suction, a depth camera and force sensing; Vulcan Stow uses a force-sensing gripper, conveyor belts and an extensible… - source: aboutamazon.com
• 2023-10-18 - Demonstration - Amazon begins testing Agility Robotics Digit for tote recycling - The trial focuses on tote recycling, a repetitive workflow in which empty containers are collected and moved after inventory has been picked. Amazon identified Digit's ability to move, grasp and handle items in spaces designed for people as the basis for the… - source: aboutamazon.com
• 2022-06-21 - Market Signal - Amazon reports more than 520,000 robotic drive units and introduces Proteus - Amazon had deployed more than 520,000 robotic drive units across its fulfillment and sort-center network. Proteus was introduced as Amazon's first fully autonomous mobile robot for movement through open operating areas. The milestone marked ten years since… - source: aboutamazon.com
• 2014-12-01 - Deployment - Amazon discloses more than 15,000 Kiva robots operating in fulfillment centers - The operating fleet spanned ten U.S. fulfillment centers during the holiday peak. Low-profile drive units moved beneath inventory pods, lifted them, and brought the pods to employees at picking and stowing stations. Amazon linked the system to… - source: ir.aboutamazon.com
• 2012-05-01 - Acquisition - Amazon completes its acquisition of Kiva Systems - Completion followed the signed acquisition agreement announced on 19 March 2012. The acquired Kiva operation became the foundation of Amazon Robotics. - source: sec.gov
• 2012-03-19 - Acquisition - Amazon agrees to acquire Kiva Systems for approximately $775 million - Amazon signed an agreement to acquire all outstanding Kiva Systems shares for approximately $775 million in cash. The transaction remained subject to closing conditions and was expected to close in the second quarter of 2012. Kiva Systems was to retain its… - source: press.aboutamazon.com