Amazon Snaps Up Fauna Robotics and Its Dancing Mini Humanoid
Amazon acquired NYC startup Fauna Robotics, maker of a 42-inch humanoid robot that walks, dances, and interacts with people.
Amazon just bought itself a dancing robot company. The tech giant acquired Fauna Robotics, a New York-based startup building a 42-inch-tall humanoid robot designed to walk, dance, and interact with humans.
The pint-sized bot is built to be human-like in form and movement, standing about three and a half feet tall. Think less industrial workhorse, more consumer companion.
The deal marks Amazon's entry into the increasingly crowded consumer humanoid robot space. Several major tech companies have been circling this market, but Amazon is now putting real money behind it with an outright acquisition rather than just an investment.
Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Fauna Robotics had been developing its robot out of New York before Amazon came knocking.
For a company that already has Alexa and Astro in the home, a walking humanoid feels like the logical — if ambitious — next step.