Warehouse robots, Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle, Washington, USA

Proteus is Amazon's first fully autonomous mobile robot. Historically, it’s been difficult to safely incorporate robotics where people are working in the same physical space as the robot. We believe Proteus will change that while remaining smart, safe, and collaborative.

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Amazon's huge bet on robotics dates back to its 2012 acquisition of Kiva Systems. Over the past decade, it's a gamble that has paid off immeasurably as the retailer has become the 800 pound gorilla in any conversation about warehouse automation. VP Joseph Quinlivan discusses what the company is doing to maintain its edge.

This panel is part of TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics 2022.

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Speaker John Enright, Principal Engineer, Amazon Robotics, tells the story of developing precision autonomy on Proteus, the new cost-effective autonomous mobile robot designed to work safely and efficiently alongside humans in shared, collaborative spaces. We leverage several sensing modalities and perception techniques to bridge the order-of-magnitude gap between building-level navigation and high-precision endpoints.

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This prototype robot, named Bluebell, demonstrates how it transports large/heavy packages in an Amazon warehouse.

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Unlike Amazon's Robin and Cardinal robots, which pick and organize packages to be sent out for delivery, Sparrow can pick up individual products.

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Amazon Robotics has manufactured and deployed the world's largest fleet of mobile industrial robots. The newest member of this robotic fleet is Proteus—Amazon's first fully autonomous mobile robot. Amazon uses NVIDIA Isaac Sim, built on Omniverse, to create high-fidelity simulations to accelerate Proteus deployments across its fulfillment centers.

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Reimagine Now with us; check out what the robotics team at Amazon is working on!

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