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Amazon's robotics work spans its fulfillment network and Astro, a household robot with a very different job.⁶⁸

Founded: 1994¹
Founder: Jeff Bezos¹
Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, United States²
Stock listing: Nasdaq: AMZN²

For a family interested in Amazon robots, the useful distinction is where the machine works. Amazon's warehouse robots help move goods through its delivery network. Astro was designed to move around a home, bring Alexa within reach and let someone look in remotely. Experience in the first setting gives the business a robotics history, but it does not tell you which Astro services will work in your house.⁶⁸⁹

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From an online store to physical automation

Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, and its online store opened in July 1995. The Seattle-based business subsequently built a portfolio that includes retail, Kindle, Fire and Echo devices, Alexa and Amazon Web Services. That breadth matters when reading its robotics announcements: the company develops technology for both its own operations and products used by customers.¹²

The 2012 acquisition of Kiva was a turning point in Amazon's warehouse automation. Amazon's current operations overview says it has developed, produced and deployed more than one million robots since then. These machines belong to a system for handling inventory and orders, so their numbers should not be read as household robot adoption.⁵⁶

The portfolio also changes. Amazon's July 2026 results described a new generation of Proteus and conversational directions for employees moving goods. By contrast, an update to the Blue Jay announcement dated February 25, 2026 says that system is no longer used in operations, although its underlying technology continues to inform other work. A launch video can remain online after a program's role has changed.³⁷

Amazon group results, Q2 2026

Amazon group, Q2 2026 · 2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30 · USD · Unaudited consolidated US GAAP; full US dollars (source: USD millions)³

Consolidated net sales	US$200.606bn³
Consolidated operating income	US$27.461bn³
Consolidated net income	US$62.647bn³

For the three months ended June 30, 2026, Amazon reported consolidated net sales of $200.606 billion, operating income of $27.461 billion and net income of $62.647 billion in its unaudited results. Other income, net, was $53.415 billion, primarily reflecting its Anthropic investments. These are whole-company figures; the report does not give a separate Astro or robotics revenue line.³

Amazon's common stock trades as AMZN on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Its next quarterly results call is scheduled for October 29, 2026, after this profile's October 26 source check. The financial figures here describe a completed reporting period, not a current share price or a valuation of the robot business.²³⁴

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A household robot and an operations fleet

Amazon develops robots for different settings. Astro was introduced for the home; Proteus works in fulfillment centers. Compare the job and setting before treating one program as evidence for another.³⁸

Amazon Astro

Amazon introduced the home version of Astro in September 2021. Its proposed place in family life was mobile monitoring and communication: a screen and camera that could come to you or move to another part of the house. That makes the relevant questions about useful coverage, access and services, rather than warehouse productivity.⁸

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Fulfillment-center robots

Amazon describes an operations fleet that moves goods through its fulfillment network. The company reported a new generation of Proteus in July 2026. These machines help explain its robotics experience, but are not household products.³⁶

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Living with the product

The later Astro for Business program needs its own lifecycle label. GeekWire reported Amazon's notice that those devices would stop working on September 25, 2024. That notice concerned the business product and does not establish the status of the home model. For a prospective home owner, Amazon's current Astro terms still make internet access and some separate subscriptions part of the service proposition.⁹¹⁰

Before considering a used or newly offered Astro, identify the exact home model, check the app on the phone you plan to use, and establish the services available to that account and country. A household device is useful only if the person responsible for it can set it up and continue using the functions they bought it for.⁸⁹

What would you send Astro to look at?

Which view would you want a moving camera to reach: a pet’s resting place, a doorway or a room elsewhere on the same floor? Before choosing an Astro, check that the home model, your phone and account can provide that view, and identify any subscription needed for the features you want.⁸⁹

Sources and notes

Amazon founder biography
Amazon’s biography identifies Jeff Bezos as founder and executive chair. Founding in 1994 and the later online-store launch are separate events. Source checked 2026-10-26.
Amazon investor FAQs
Issuer FAQ for the July 1995 store opening, Seattle headquarters and AMZN common-stock listing. Its older CEO wording is not used. Source checked 2026-10-26.
Amazon Q2 2026 results
July 30, 2026 unaudited consolidated US GAAP results. The three-month column ends June 30 and uses USD millions. Numerical displays multiply those amounts by 1,000,000 once. Other income is distinct from operating income. Figures cover the whole group, not Astro or robotics alone. Source checked 2026-10-26.
Amazon Q3 2026 conference-call announcement
October 15 announcement schedules the next results for October 29, 2026. A reporting schedule is not a new set of actual results. Source checked 2026-10-26.
Ten years of Amazon robotics
Amazon’s 2022 retrospective documents the 2012 Kiva acquisition. Historical fleet totals are not used as current counts. Source checked 2026-10-26.
Amazon robots inside fulfillment centers
Amazon’s account of cumulative robots developed, produced and deployed across its operations network. This is company-reported operational scale, not home-robot sales. Source checked 2026-10-26.
Blue Jay and Project Eluna update
The February 25, 2026 update says Blue Jay is no longer used in operations. The older launch description on the same page does not establish current deployment. Source checked 2026-10-26.
Astro launch
September 28, 2021 introduction of household Astro. Launch-era integrations do not establish current service availability, price or support. Source checked 2026-10-26.
Amazon Astro terms
Astro service terms describe internet access, optional subscriptions and regional availability. This profile does not verify phone pairing, a current offer or an emergency-response service. Source checked 2026-10-26.
GeekWire: Astro for Business shutdown
GeekWire’s July 3, 2024 report reproduces Amazon’s business-product shutdown notice. The September 25 end date concerns Astro for Business, not a verified shutdown of household Astro. Includes reported information. Source checked 2026-10-26.

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