RIVR
About
About RIVR
RIVR is a Zurich-based robotics company within Amazon that develops wheeled-legged delivery robots and their autonomy software. Founded as Swiss-Mile, it focuses on the last mile and the final approach from a delivery vehicle or shop to a doorstep. Its robots combine rolling travel with legged movement to negotiate curbs, steps and uneven ground. The delivery service includes remote human assistance for exceptional situations.
RIVR develops hardware and learning-based control together, drawing on reinforcement learning in simulation and data collected during real deliveries. Its product range includes RIVR ONE and the newer RIVR TWO, whose top-loading, bottom-release payload system is designed for unattended handoffs. Company-level programmes with logistics and food-delivery operators have tested robots alongside human couriers. Amazon acquired RIVR in March 2026.
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Deployments
- Commercial activity
2026-02-11 - RIVR launched autonomous doorstep delivery in Milton Keynes with Just Eat Takeaway.com, with customers able to select robot delivery in the Just Eat app. - Just Eat Milton Keynes doorstep delivery - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Source - Customer site
2025-09-03 - RIVR, Swiss Post, and Migros Online began a Regensdorf field test delivering parcels and groceries with RIVR robots. - Swiss Post and Migros Online field test - Regensdorf, Switzerland
Source - Commercial activity
2025-08-21 - RIVR delivery robots carried orders from Zekisworld in Zurich-Oerlikon during a two-month Just Eat trial; a safety specialist accompanied the first 30 days, followed by control-centre supervision. - Just Eat Zürich food delivery - Zürich, Switzerland
Source - Commercial activity
2025-05-27 - RIVR and Veho began a delivery-robot trial in Austin, with a RIVR employee accompanying the robot while human drivers handled parallel deliveries. - Veho Austin parcel delivery - Austin, Texas
Source
Funding
- 2024-08-29 - Seed - $22M - Swiss-Mile raises $22M seed round
Swiss-Mile disclosed USD22 million in seed financing to expand its wheeled-legged robotics work. - source: techfundingnews.com
Investors
- Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2024-08-29
- Armada Investment - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-08-29
- Bezos Expeditions - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-08-29
- HongShan - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-08-29
- Linear Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-08-29
Team
- Marko Bjelonic - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Timeline
Events
- 2026-03-19 - Acquisition - Amazon acquires RIVR for doorstep delivery robotics
The purchase followed earlier backing from Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Bezos Expeditions. RIVR had begun an accompanied delivery trial with Veho in Austin in 2025. The acquisition price was not disclosed.
Source - 2026-02-11 - Deployment - RIVR brings doorstep delivery robots to Milton Keynes
Customers could select autonomous delivery through the Just Eat app at participating restaurants. The service operated alongside conventional delivery fleets. The launch followed the companies' earlier Zurich programme.
Source - 2025-09-03 - Deployment - RIVR, Swiss Post, and Migros Online begin doorstep delivery field test in Regensdorf
Swiss Post would handle logistics for both parcels and Migros Online grocery orders. Human oversight would continuously monitor the delivery process. The test examined walking distances, heavy lifting and fit with existing courier workflows.
Source - 2025-08-21 - Deployment - RIVR and Just Eat Takeaway.com begin robotic food delivery in Zurich
Orders came from the restaurant Zekisworld. A RIVR safety specialist would accompany deliveries for the first 30 days. The subsequent phase was planned to use control-centre remote operation.
Source - 2025-05-27 - Deployment - RIVR launches in the U.S. with Veho in Austin
A RIVR employee would accompany the robot during deliveries for safety and quality. Robots would complete a nearby delivery while the human driver handled another stop. The Veho app would provide a photo of the completed parcel placement.
Source - 2025-03-31 - Partnership - RIVR partners with Evri for last-100-yard parcel delivery
The planned three-month trial would offer robot deliveries to residents on selected streets. The RIVR robot was intended to travel between the courier van and customers' homes. Evri also planned a separate sidewalk-robot trial with Delivers.AI.
Source - 2025-01-30 - Org Change - Swiss-Mile becomes RIVR and shifts focus to last-mile delivery
The company planned 2025 field testing with logistics carriers. Its approach combines neural-network control with robots equipped with wheels and legs. The announcement followed the USD22 million seed round completed in August 2024.
Source - 2024-08-29 - Funding - Swiss-Mile raises $22M seed round
Bezos Expeditions and HongShan led the round. Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Armada Investment participated, with continued support from Linear Capital. Proceeds were intended to expand operations and development.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- Evri
Partner - RIVR and Evri announced a planned summer 2025 Barnsley courier-support trial using wheeled-legged delivery robots.
Context
Comparable profiles
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comparable profile - Sidewalk Delivery Robotics
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- Robot.com
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- Delivers.AI
stack adjacency - Delivery Robotics Companies
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stack adjacency - Delivery Robotics Companies
Shared workflows
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workflow adjacency - Last Mile Delivery
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workflow adjacency - Last Mile Delivery
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workflow adjacency - Last Mile Delivery
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Context tags
- Sidewalk delivery robotics - Peer Group - https://www.rivr.ai/product — Develops its own wheeled-legged ground robots for last-mile delivery on sidewalks and final doorstep approaches.
- Last-mile delivery - Workflow - https://www.rivr.ai/product — Store-to-door and van-dispensed parcel, grocery and food delivery workflows.
- Delivery robotics companies - Stack Layer - https://www.rivr.ai/technology — Integrated delivery-robot hardware, autonomy and remote-support layer.