RIVR Technologies AG (formerly Swiss-Mile) · working robot
RIVR Two
Swiss-Mile wheeled-legged robot
An ETH Zurich spin-off's wheeled quadruped that carries 27+ kg of parcels in an internal compartment at up to about 14 km/h, stopping at red lights and opening gates.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- 27 kgCarries more than 21%
- Speed
- 14.0 km/hFaster than 93%
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A four-legged robot that rolls on wheels between stops and walks up stairs, aimed at end-to-end doorstep delivery.
Real-world use
Ran a pilot with Veho in Austin, Texas, from May 2025; Amazon bought the company in March 2026 to field-test robots alongside delivery drivers.
Maker
RIVR Technologies AG (formerly Swiss-Mile)Company · Zurich, Switzerland$22M seed (2024) co-led by Bezos Expeditions; acquired by Amazon (terms undisclosed)
How it stacks up
Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
RIVR Two (Swiss-Mile wheeled-legged robot) is faster than 93% of the 86 other working & field robots that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
RIVR Two (Swiss-Mile wheeled-legged robot) carries more than 21% of the 84 other working & field robots that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
#22 of 396 current machines in public attention.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheel-legs
- How it runs
- Supervised. In delivery pilots it walked parcels from the van to doorsteps on its own, but a company worker accompanied it and remote supervisors could take over.
- Actuators & motors
- Four legs ending in driven wheels (wheeled-legged design from ETH Zurich's ANYmal lineage)
- AI & software
- Neural-network locomotion and navigation for stairs, kerbs and uneven ground
From the maker
RIVR Two (Swiss-Mile wheeled-legged robot) is the only machine from RIVR Technologies AG (formerly Swiss-Mile; acquired by Amazon 2026) in the atlas.
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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
- Pilot fleet (one robot in the first Veho pilot)
- Sold or delivered
- Not sold; company acquired by Amazon in March 2026
- Where it is sold or used
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Customers and pilots
- Veho (Austin, Texas pilot, 2025); Amazon (acquirer, testing with delivery partners)
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Trial ended
Veho · Austin · since 2025-05 · 1 units
RIVR's wheeled-legged robot carried parcels from van to doorstep for Veho in a two-week Austin pilot. One robot with a safety operator; two-week pilot FreightWaves
News
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- Amazon acquires RIVR
Amazon bought the Zurich maker of wheeled-legged doorstep delivery robots; terms not disclosed.
The Robot Report - RIVR and Veho start Austin delivery pilot
One RIVR robot made daily parcel deliveries alongside Veho couriers in Austin.
The Robot Report - Swiss-Mile rebrands as RIVR
The company renamed itself RIVR and focused on last-mile delivery after a $22M seed round.
The Robot Report
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | RIVR Two (Swiss-Mile wheeled-legged robot)RIVR Technologies AG (formerly Swiss-Mile; acquired by Amazon 2026) |  NeubieNeubilitySame job: food delivery · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  DotDoorDashSame job: food delivery · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  DeliRoZMPSame job: food delivery · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2023-04 | 2021-11 | 2025-09-30 | 2021 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Pilot use | Pilot use |
| Height | — | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | 81.5 kg | 159 kg | — |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | 14 km/h | 5.7 km/h | 32 km/h | — |
| Payload | 27 kg | 20 kg | 13.6 kg | — |
| Battery | — | 8 h | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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