Amazon Wants to Deliver Your Packages... with Humanoid Robots Now 🤖📦

Remember when Amazon promised us drone deliveries? That was 12 years ago, and despite all the hype, the drone drop-off dream is still only available in a few lucky neighbourhoods. So, what’s next?

Humanoid robots.

Yes, Amazon is now training humanoid AI robots to hop out of electric delivery vans and hand-deliver your packages—because nothing says “welcome to the future” like being greeted by a bipedal robot holding your bubble-wrapped air fryer.

The company says this tech is “almost ready” for real-world testing, which is cute considering the drone rollout has been stuck in beta since the Obama years.

The Delivery Bots Have a Playground, Apparently

To prep these robo-couriers for the mean streets of suburbia, Amazon has built an indoor humanoid park at one of its San Francisco offices. Think of it like a robot gym—about the size of a coffee shop—complete with obstacles to test how well these bots can navigate real-life terrain (curbs, steps, rogue garden gnomes, etc.).

The plan? Stick these robo-posties into Rivian electric vans, drive them around, and let them walk up to your door like it’s normal for a piece of machinery to show up with your toilet paper subscription.

Warehouse Bots: The Real MVPs

Meanwhile, Amazon’s already using a fleet of autonomous robots inside warehouses, which makes sense. They’re efficient, precise, and don’t need coffee breaks. But humanoid delivery bots? That’s a much taller order (literally).

Between the cost of development and the extremely human habit of walking up stairs and avoiding puddles, the economics are still pretty wild. Especially when you consider that gig workers are still cheaper — and reportedly easier to manage when you don’t mind skimping on bathroom breaks.

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But, Hey, It’s Amazon

This is the same company that made same-day shipping a thing and put Alexa in your lamp. So maybe we shouldn’t be shocked that they’re planning decades. Still, the idea of a humanoid robot casually strolling up your driveway to drop off batteries feels equal parts fascinating and terrifying.

Just remember to say “thank you” — you never know when the machines will gain sentience.