Amazon reorganizes robotics team, prepares new home robot product

Over the past several months, Amazon has formed a new home robotics team and is hiring engineers for a "brand-new form of robot product." The job description mentions that the product can autonomously navigate dynamic home environments and operate collaboratively with family members. The team's core assets come from the March 2026 acquisition of New York humanoid robotics startup Fauna Robotics. About 50 Fauna employees joined the newly established "Personal Robotics Group." Its bipedal humanoid robot Sprout is about 107 cm tall and weighs about 27 kg, and has been delivered to R&D partners since January 2026.