Amazon has acquired consumer Humanoid Robot startup Fauna Robotics. Bloomberg, citing sources on the 24th local time, reported that Amazon bought Fauna last week.
According to the report, about 50 Fauna employees will join Amazon's Personal Robotics Group under its operations division. An Amazon Spokesperson also confirmed the acquisition, saying, "We are very excited about Fauna's vision to build capable, safe and fun robots for everyone." The purchase price was not disclosed.
Fauna unveiled the Humanoid Robot "Sprout" in January. Designed so outside developers can load various applications, the product is priced at $50,000. It can recognize human voices to perform tasks such as bringing toys or taking food out of the pantry.
However, Bloomberg said Amazon does not plan to deploy Sprout at its own business sites. Amazon launched the home robot "Astro" in 2021, but the market response was muted. So far, its acquisitions of robot companies have focused on order processing and delivery automation, and last week it also confirmed the acquisition of quadruped robot company Reaver.