Amazon Robotics
Amazon's in-house robot maker: over 1 million warehouse robots, and a new multi-billion-dollar plant coming to Austin
Division of Amazon.com · Shipping · Robotics leader · North Reading, Massachusetts, United States · Founded 2012 · amazon.com
Part of Amazon.com, Inc..
A division of Amazon.com with no separate funding. The market capitalization shown is for Amazon as a whole. North Reading, Massachusetts is shown as the headquarters because the building there is described as the Amazon Robotics headquarters next to its manufacturing plant; its robots are also built in nearby Westborough, and Amazon itself is headquartered in Seattle. The Austin plant is announced, not yet built or producing, and the exact site comes from local press rather than Amazon. The 'more than 1 million robots' figure is Amazon's own and counts all robot types across its network. Included at Monique's request for its Austin investment; it is a corporate division, not a startup.
Profile
Amazon Robotics is the in-house robot maker behind Amazon's warehouse automation. It began when Amazon bought the Massachusetts company Kiva Systems in 2012, and Amazon says it has since developed, built and deployed more than 1 million robots across its operations network. It designs and builds its mobile drive units in Massachusetts, and its range now includes Proteus (heavy-cart mover), Sparrow (picking arm) and Vulcan (a touch-sensing picker). On August 19, 2026 Amazon announced a new multi-billion-dollar manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas, to build the robotics systems that work alongside its employees. It is expected to create 300 to 500 manufacturing and engineering jobs, and Austin's mayor said Amazon asked for no incentives or public money. The Austin Statesman reports the site is the Dog's Head development in southeast Austin.
People
- Tye BradyChief Technologist, Amazon Robotics
- Scott DresserVice President, Amazon Robotics
Sources: Tye Brady, chief technologist for Amazon Robotics (professional website) · Tye Brady (Amazon Science) · Scott Dresser, VP, Amazon Robotics (Amazon) · As of . X handles are shown only when we could confirm they belong to the person.
Flagship robots
- Drive units and Proteus Autonomous machines
Mobile robots that move shelves and heavy carts around Amazon warehouses; the next-generation Proteus is controlled with plain-language instructions - Sparrow Industrial robot
Robot arm that picks individual items from containers and places them into customer-order totes - Vulcan Industrial robot
Amazon's first robot with a sense of touch, able to pick and stow items on the highest and lowest shelves
Market & financials
Part of Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon.com's market cap
approx. $2.83T
As of · Source
Figures are for Amazon.com as a whole; Amazon Robotics is one of its divisions.
Robotics figures in the filings
- Amazon spent $96.3 billion on capital expenditures in the first half of 2026, partly to add fulfillment-network capacity, and expects both that and technology spending to rise in 2026. No part of this is identified as robotics.
- Amazon plans about $200 billion of capital spending in 2026 and names robotics, with AI, chips and low-earth-orbit satellites, as an opportunity behind it. The amount is for all of Amazon, not robotics.
Hiring signals
- Open roles
- 421Amazon Robotics team roles
- Top location
- North Reading · 27%115 of 421 roles
- Top role area
- Software & infrastructure82 roles · 20% of 412 engineering & ops
Where the roles are · share of 421 open roles (Amazon Robotics team roles)
- North Reading, Massachusetts, US27%115 roles
- Austin, Texas, US19%79 roles
- New York, US8%35 roles
- Seattle, Washington, US7%30 roles
- Other locations39%162 roles
Locations are where the posting says the job is based, not where the robots are built. A posting that lists several sites is counted once, under the first.
Role mix · 412 engineering & ops roles
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Roles are sorted into a fixed list of areas by job title. Percentages are of engineering & ops roles. The other 9 open roles (finance, HR, legal, sales, facilities and similar) are in the total but not shown here.
Notable postings
- JobInstalls and integrates robots at fulfillment sitesRobotics Systems Engineer I, Tech DeploymentAustin, Texas, US · Archived copy
- JobAustin manufacturing hire that may relate to an in-house robot factorySr. Sourcing Manager, Manufacturing Capital Equipment, CNC MachiningAustin, Texas, US · Archived copy
- JobLearning-based manipulation work for the Vulcan stowing robotSenior Applied Scientist - Manipulation RL, Amazon Robotics - Vulcan StowSeattle, Washington, US · Archived copy
- JobWork on Amazon's newer robot lines (Fauna, RIVR)AI Engineer - VLA model, RIVRZurich, Switzerland · Archived copy
- JobInstalls and integrates robots at fulfillment sitesRobotics Systems Engineer II, Tech DeploymentAustin, Texas, US · Archived copy
As of . Scope: Amazon Robotics team roles. Counts are our reading of public job postings, not company statements.
Scope note Postings whose team is Amazon Robotics on amazon.jobs. This includes units Amazon has placed on that team (Fauna Robotics, RIVR) and corporate roles such as program management, software infrastructure and network engineering. Postings that list several sites are counted once, under the first-listed site.
Competitors
Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.
Mujin
Adjacent competitorBoth build robots for warehouse work: Mujin sells MujinOS, software that lets warehouse and factory robots plan their own motions, while Amazon Robotics builds the robots that run Amazon's own warehouses.
Exotec
Adjacent competitorBoth build robots for warehouse work: Exotec makes the Skypod warehouse order-picking robot system, while Amazon Robotics builds the robots that run Amazon's own warehouses.
Mytra
Adjacent competitorBoth build robots for warehouse work: Mytra sells a robotic grid for storing and retrieving pallet-sized loads, while Amazon Robotics builds the robots that run Amazon's own warehouses.
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Sereact
Adjacent competitorBoth build robots for warehouse work: Sereact makes the Cortex AI model that runs robots picking items in warehouses, while Amazon Robotics builds the robots that run Amazon's own warehouses.
Dexory
Adjacent competitorBoth build robots for warehouse work: Dexory sends robots through warehouses to scan stock and builds a live inventory view, while Amazon Robotics builds the robots that run Amazon's own warehouses.
Ocado Group
Adjacent competitorBoth build robots for warehouse work: Ocado Group licenses its robot-run Ocado Smart Platform fulfilment systems to grocers, while Amazon Robotics builds the robots that run Amazon's own warehouses.
Recent news
- — Amazon announces a multi-billion-dollar robotics manufacturing facility in Austin, with 300 to 500 jobs Amazon
- — Amazon Robotics' North Reading headquarters building sells for $43M, with Amazon Robotics leasing it through 2034 Banker & Tradesman
From SEC filings
Robotics-related passages from SEC filings, newest first. Filed by Amazon.com, Inc.
Scope Quarterly report for Q2 2026. Amazon does not report a robotics segment or robotics spending; the report does not mention robots. Fulfillment-network capacity is the nearest disclosure.
Amazon spent $96.3 billion on capital expenditures in the first half of 2026, partly to add fulfillment-network capacity, and expects both that and technology spending to rise in 2026. No part of this is identified as robotics.
Cash capital expenditures were $31.4 billion and $53.1 billion during Q2 2025 and Q2 2026, and $55.6 billion and $96.3 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2026, which primarily reflect investments in technology infrastructure (the majority of which is to support AWS business growth) and in additional capacity to support our fulfillment network, both of which we expect to increase in 2026.
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Scope Q2 2026 results announcement; highlights come from the attached press release. Amazon does not report a robotics segment or robotics spending.
Amazon introduced the next generation of its Proteus warehouse robot, which moves loads of up to 1,300 pounds and can be directed in plain language.
Introduced the next-generation of Proteus, an autonomous robot that assists Amazon fulfillment center employees by moving goods up to 1,300 pounds, reducing heavy lifting and further increasing safety.
Exhibit 99.1, Q2 2026 results press release (Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition)
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Scope Quarterly report for Q1 2026. Amazon does not report a robotics segment or robotics spending; the report does not mention robots; fulfillment-network capacity spending is described in the same terms as the Q2 report.
No humanoid or robotics mentions in this filing.
Scope Q1 2026 results announcement. The only robotics-adjacent item is Zoox, Amazon's robotaxi service, which the release presents as autonomous driving rather than robotics; it is left out here. Amazon does not report a robotics segment or robotics spending.
No humanoid or robotics mentions in this filing.
Scope Amazon files its annual shareholder letter as an exhibit to this report; only the robotics passages are summarized. Amazon does not report a robotics segment or robotics spending; the letter gives no robotics spending or revenue figures.
Amazon says it now has more than one million robots working in its fulfillment centers, a build-up that began with its 2012 purchase of Kiva.
Accelerated by acquiring Kiva in 2012, and investing in numerous robotics initiatives the last 14 years, we now have over one million robots operating in fulfillment centers helping with stowing, picking, sorting, and intra-facility transport.
Exhibit 99.1, shareholder letter from the CEO (Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure)The CEO frames robotics as a way to deliver faster, carry more selection more cheaply and reduce injuries to employees.
While we continue to work on productivity and inventory levels, robotics provides a step-level change for how we can deliver faster, reduce the cost of carrying more selection, and automate movements that cause strains and injuries to our teammates.
Exhibit 99.1, shareholder letter from the CEO (Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure)Amazon calls itself early in its robotics work and says it may build robotics solutions for outside industrial and consumer customers.
While the above progress is substantial, we’re still in the early stages of how we’ll leverage robotics. Expect us to keep innovating on form factors, use case diversity, agility, grasping, and intelligence. And, wherever we can leverage our scale and real-time feedback loop from so many robots in our fulfillment network to build robotics solutions for other industrial and consumer customers, we’ll explore doing so.
Exhibit 99.1, shareholder letter from the CEO (Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure)
Scope Annual report for 2025. Amazon does not report a robotics segment or robotics spending; the report does not mention robots. It does name automation, AI and machine learning among newer activities that may not recoup their investment.
No humanoid or robotics mentions in this filing.
Scope Q4 2025 results announcement; highlights come from the attached press release. Amazon does not report a robotics segment or robotics spending; robotics is named only as one reason for planned spending.
Amazon plans about $200 billion of capital spending in 2026 and names robotics, with AI, chips and low-earth-orbit satellites, as an opportunity behind it. The amount is for all of Amazon, not robotics.
With such strong demand for our existing offerings and seminal opportunities like AI, chips, robotics, and low earth orbit satellites, we expect to invest about $200 billion in capital expenditures across Amazon in 2026, and anticipate strong long-term return on invested capital.
Exhibit 99.1, Q4 2025 results press release (Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition)
Scope Quarterly report for Q3 2025. Amazon does not report a robotics segment or robotics spending; the report does not mention robots.
No humanoid or robotics mentions in this filing.
Source: SEC EDGAR · Quotes checked word for word against the filing · As of .
Sources
- Amazon Announces New Manufacturing Facility in Austin, Texas (Amazon) (Aug 19, 2026)
- Governor Abbott Announces Amazon Expansion in Austin (Office of the Texas Governor) (Aug 19, 2026)
- Amazon confirms Austin robotics facility at Dog's Head development (Austin American-Statesman) (Aug 19, 2026)
- Amazon robotics: Meet the robots inside fulfillment centers (Amazon) (Oct 9, 2026)
- 'Mission-Critical' Amazon Robotics Hub Trades for $43M (Banker & Tradesman) (Aug 17, 2026)
- Photos: Where Amazon Manufactures Its Warehouse Robots (Business Insider) (May 1, 2025)
Confidence: medium.