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Amazon bets on friendly humanoids with Fauna Robotics buy

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Amazon bets on friendly humanoids with Fauna Robotics buy
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Amazon confirms it has acquired Fauna Robotics, a New York-based startup building approachable humanoid robots like Sprout; terms were not disclosed and Fauna’s ~50 employees will join Amazon in New York. The deal broadens Amazon’s robotics ambitions beyond warehouse automation toward consumer-facing personal robots, following recent acquisitions including Rivr.

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