2012

Amazon buys Kiva and its robots

March 19, 2012

For about $775 million, Amazon buys Kiva Systems, whose robots bring shelves to warehouse workers instead of people walking to them. Thirteen years later, the company would have 1 million robots.

Source: TechCrunch

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