Amazon is developing AI software that will enable humanoid robots to deliver packages using Rivian electric vans. Real-world trials are being prepared at a new facility, according to The Information, citing sources.
The publication learned that the company has nearly completed the construction of an indoor “humanoid park” roughly the size of a café at one of its offices in San Francisco. It is expected that the bots will “board the vans and deliver packages.”
The report coincides with Amazon’s launch of a new team to develop agent technologies that control androids “working in distribution and logistics centers.”
“The development of our Agentic AI system represents a fundamental shift in robotics,” the company stated.
The retail giant claims that “instead of rigid specialized bots,” it is creating systems that “can hear, understand, and act according to natural language commands, transforming warehouse robots into flexible, multifunctional assistants.”
The new center will test “a variety of humanoids” for package delivery, including a $16,000 device from the Chinese company Unitree.
In May, Amazon introduced the Vulcan robot with a sense of touch.