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Amazon has acquired the Swiss robotics company Rivr, which develops four-legged machines for \u201cdoorstep delivery,\u201d as the tech giant invests heavily in automating its warehouse operations. <\/p>\n
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Amazon laid off 16,000 white-collar workers in January and also cut 100 jobs in March in its robotics division, as the company pursues <\/a>artificial intelligence <\/a>\u201cin virtually every corner of the company,\u201d according to CEO Andy Jassy.<\/p>\n Amazon did not publicise the Rivr acquisition but announced the deal sent to third-party delivery contractors, according to CNBC. The Information was the first to report on the deal. <\/p>\n \u201cWe want to share that we\u2019ve recently acquired RIVR, a company focused on technology that can help with doorstep delivery,\u201d Amazon wrote in a notice to third-party delivery contractors, which CNBC viewed.<\/p>\n \u201cWe believe this technology, when working alongside your [delivery associates], has the potential to further improve safety outcomes and the overall customer experience, particularly in the last steps of the delivery process,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n An Amazon spokesperson told CNBC that the deal \u201creflects our commitment to a continued investment in research\u201d and efforts to improve safety for its delivery employees.<\/p>\n Amazon uses a network of thousands of third-party contractors that deliver packages exclusively for Amazon from the company\u2019s warehouses to the customer. <\/p>\n Amazon said Rivr\u2019s technology will allow it to help delivery associates “carry packages from delivery vehicles to customer doorsteps,\u201d according to CNBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on 20\/03\/2026 – 11:36 GMT+1 Amazon has acquired the Swiss robotics company Rivr, which develops four-legged machines…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[6006,225,21076,41,17],"class_list":["post-35626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-amazon","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-robotic","tag-swiss","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116261133079551389","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}