Amazon discloses more than 15,000 Kiva robots operating in fulfillment centers
More than 15,000 Kiva-derived drive units were operating across ten Amazon fulfillment centers, moving inventory pods to employees for picking and stowing.
Evidence notes
- 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 higher-density, lower-cost stowing and retrieval in its eighth-generation fulfillment-center design.
Company context
Amazon Robotics develops mobile robots, manipulation systems and AI orchestration for Amazon fulfillment operations. Its fleet spans goods-to-person drive units, autonomous mobile robots, robotic arms and integrated inventory-handling systems.