At its peak, Amazon had around 400 employees working on the project globally. According to one source, Amazon has decided to halt further testing.
Recap: Amazon is winding down one of its more ambitious projects in an effort to cut costs. The e-commerce giant started field testing Scout, an autonomic robotic vehicle designed to make deliveries in neighborhoods, nearly four years ago. Testing commenced in Amazon’s home state of Washington before expanding to other regions including Tennessee, Georgia and Southern California.
At its peak, Amazon had around 400 employees working on the project globally. According to one source, Amazon has decided to halt further testing.
A skeleton crew will be retained in hopes of finding a new use for the bots, but otherwise it sounds like the project is dead.
