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Amazon Scout
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DiscontinuedSucceeded by Pegasus United StatesFully autonomous

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Amazon Scout

A cooler-sized, six-wheeled electric robot that rolled along sidewalks at walking pace. Amazon said it was reorienting the program after customer feedback.

Price
—Not published
Height
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Weight
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Payload
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Speed
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Battery
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Why it matters

A discontinued machine from Amazon.

Real-world use

Started with six robots in Snohomish County, Washington, then tested in Southern California, Georgia and Tennessee before field tests ended in October 2022.

Timeline

First shown
2019
Released
Not yet
Field test started in Snohomish County, Washington

Maker

Amazon (Amazon Robotics)Company · founded 2003 (as Kiva Systems) · Seattle, Washington, United States

Wholly owned by Amazon

Public attention

A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.

  • 1,179 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (Amazon Scout)
  • 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
  • 1 reported deployment

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What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Wheeled base
How it runs
Fully autonomous. It drove sidewalk routes to doorsteps on its own; early trials had a human escort walking with it.
Actuators & motors
Fully electric, six wheels; travels at walking pace on sidewalks
Materials & build
About the size of a small cooler

Lineage

Every Amazon machine in order.

  1. HerculesHercules2017Commercial
  2. Amazon ScoutAmazon Scout2019Discontinued
  3. PegasusPegasus2019Commercial
  4. Xanthus (X-bot)Xanthus (X-bot)2019Commercial
  5. AstroAstro2021Commercial
  6. ProteusProteus2022Commercial
  7. TitanTitan2023Commercial

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Watch Amazon Scout

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Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Built
Six robots at launch in 2019
Sold or delivered
not sold (internal pilot)
Customers and pilots
Amazon customers in Snohomish County (Washington), Southern California, Georgia and Tennessee

Where it works

1 reported deployment.

Map
  • Trial ended

    Amazon · Snohomish County · 6 units

    Amazon began delivering parcels with six Scout robots in Snohomish County, Washington; field tests ended in 2022. Six robots at launch Amazon

News

The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. Amazon halts Scout field tests

    Amazon said it was ending live Scout tests and reorienting the programme because it did not fully meet customer needs.

    Business Today

Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

About Amazon Meet Scout Business Today (Reuters) Amazon abandons live tests of Scout home delivery robot

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