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CommercialUnited States#21 in public attentionFully autonomous

Amazon (Amazon Robotics) · working robot

Proteus

A low, green autonomous robot that slides under wheeled GoCarts and moves them, navigating around people with its own sensors.

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Why it matters

Amazon's first fully autonomous mobile robot able to work in open areas shared with employees rather than fenced-off zones.

Real-world use

First deployed in outbound GoCart handling areas of fulfilment and sort centres.

Timeline

First shown: 2022-06
Released: 2022-10

Announced in an Amazon blog post and at re:MARS

Maker

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

Wholly owned by Amazon

Public attention

#21 of 396 current machines in public attention.

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No Wikipedia article of its own yet
2 news stories 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 finds and moves carts across open warehouse floors on its own, steering around the people working nearby.
Sensors & vision: On-board sensors to detect and avoid people and objects in open areas
AI & software: Next-generation Proteus (2026) takes plain-language text prompts and works anywhere on a site
Other details: Moves GoCarts of packages weighing close to 400 kg; works with the Cardinal robot arm at outbound docks

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Watch Proteus

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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
Sold or delivered: Internal use only; original Proteus runs at 25 US fulfilment centres
Where it is sold or used: Amazon Robotics, United States
Customers and pilots: Amazon fulfilment and sort centres

Where it works

1 reported deployment.

Map

Deployed

Amazon · Amazon fulfillment center (next-generation site) · Shreveport · since 2024-10

Proteus moves carts of packages to the outbound dock at Amazon's most automated fulfillment center in Shreveport, Louisiana. DC Velocity

News

The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

2026-06-10
Amazon unveils next-gen Proteus
Amazon showed a conversational Proteus in London, with European deployment expected in H1 2027.
Forkliftaction
2025-07-01
Amazon passes 1 million robots
Amazon said it had deployed its millionth robot and launched the DeepFleet foundation model.
Amazon

Sources

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

Retail Dive Amazon unveils first fully autonomous mobile robot, Proteus Amazon 10 years of Amazon robotics: how robots help sort packages, move product, and improve safety aboutamazon.com Proteus: how it is operated Amazon Meet the robots inside fulfillment centers

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