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Amazon stops working on Scout, its autonomous, cooler-sized home delivery robot in testing since 2019; source: ~400 people were working on the project globally

Amazon.com Inc. is shutting down tests of its home delivery robot, the latest sign that the e-commerce giant is starting to wind …

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  • @chr1sa Chris Anderson on x
    Another nail in the micomobility coffin https://www.bloomberg.com/...
  • @tashaark Tasha Keeney on x
    Sidewalk robots bite the dust. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Sometimes backwards integration - building something that fits well into today's infrastructure, which in this case is a road, is best. Road robots >> sidewalk robots
  • @bradstone Brad Stone on x
    RIP little blue delivery robot. https://twitter.com/...
  • @mark_riedl @mark_riedl on x
    That last mile is turning out to be hard https://www.bloomberg.com/...
  • @modestproposal1 @modestproposal1 on x
    400 people 😳 They were burning close to $100M/year on this thing? https://twitter.com/...