Amazon Acquires Fauna Robotics: 2nd Robotics Acquisition This Month, Consumer Humanoid 'Sprout' Joins Personal Robotics Group
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Amazon acquired New York-based Fauna Robotics, makers of Sprout — a 42-inch, 59-pound bipedal humanoid robot priced at $50,000 that walks, grips items, and dances. Founded in 2024 by ex-Meta and Google engineers, Fauna's 50-person team joins Amazon's Personal Robotics Group. This is Amazon's second robotics acquisition in March (after Rivr's stair-climbing delivery bot), signaling aggressive acceleration into consumer humanoids beyond warehouse automation.