Amazon Buys Fauna Robotics, the Maker of the Sprout Humanoid Robot

Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, just under two months after the startup introduced a humanoid robot called Sprout designed to be a friendly addition to social spaces like homes and schools.

The e-commerce giant is already a robotics powerhouse, having boasted of deploying more than 1 million robots across its warehouse operations, but bringing the 3.5-foot-tall, rectangular-headed Sprout on board adds a robot that’s more about fun interactions than heavy lifting.

Fauna CEO Rob Cochran said on social media he was "incredibly excited to share that Fauna Robotics has officially joined the Amazon family" and said the New York-based firm will now "operate as Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company."

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