Amazon acquires Rightbot, adds to Robotics Delivery and Packaging Innovation team

Rightbot’s container unloading robot with a suction gripper. | Source: Rightbot

Truck loading and unloading is a task ripe for automation because it is strenuous and happens in all kinds of weather. However, competition is stiff. Amazon.com Inc. has acquired Rightbot Technologies Inc., which developed a robot for unstructured load handling.

The companies did not specify the terms of the transaction. Amazon has added a team of Rightbot’s employees to one of its own teams, an Amazon spokesman confirmed today to The Robot Report.