According to The Verge, sources told The Information that Amazon is nearly finished building an indoor “humanoid park” that will be used to test humanoid delivery robots. Located at one of its San Francisco offices, the test facility is reportedly about the size of a coffee shop and contains an electric Rivian van and an obstacle course. The robots will “hitch a ride in the back of Amazon’s electric Rivian vans and spring out to deliver packages.”
Will your next Amazon package be delivered by a humanoid robot?
Answer: Possibly.
Amazon delivery drivers may not need to get out of their vehicles at all in the future. The e-commerce giant is reportedly working on a plan to have robots complete the last mile of deliveries.
According to The Verge, sources told The Information that Amazon is nearly finished building an indoor “humanoid park” that will be used to test humanoid delivery robots. Located at one of its San Francisco offices, the test facility is reportedly about the size of a coffee shop and contains an electric Rivian van and an obstacle course. The robots will “hitch a ride in the back of Amazon’s electric Rivian vans and spring out to deliver packages.”
The training facility will test a variety of humanoid robots for the job, including a $16,000 one from Unitree, based in China. The bots will rely on special AI software developed by Amazon to help them make the deliveries.
According to The Verge, sources told The Information that Amazon is nearly finished building an indoor “humanoid park” that will be used to test humanoid delivery robots. Located at one of its San Francisco offices, the test facility is reportedly about the size of a coffee shop and contains an electric Rivian van and an obstacle course. The robots will “hitch a ride in the back of Amazon’s electric Rivian vans and spring out to deliver packages.”
