Fauna Robotics
Humanoid platform for real-world experiences
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Strategic Snapshot
How this brand positions its humanoid systems.
Make humanoid robots built for people, not just factories.
Human-Centered Humanoids
Fauna Robotics shifts the default from factory-first automation to robots built for people and the spaces they live and work in.
Developer-Ready Platform
Sprout is a platform customers can build on—supporting developers, enterprises, and researchers creating the next generation of humanoid experiences.
Approachable By Design
Fauna Robotics positions Sprout as friendly, lightweight, and approachable—optimized for interaction-heavy environments beyond the factory floor.
Shipping, Not Slides
Fauna Robotics states Sprout is shipping today and is showcasing live demos at NVIDIA GTC 2025—signaling near-term deployment intent.
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Investors, customers, and integrators in the Fauna Robotics ecosystem.
Kleiner Perkins
Listed as an investor backing Fauna Robotics.
Lux Capital
Listed as an investor backing Fauna Robotics.
Fauna Robotics Product Portfolio
Sprout Creator Edition
Sprout Creator Edition is Fauna Robotics' lightweight humanoid developer platform for researchers, educators, creators, and commercial teams.
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This soft humanoid robot is designed to be ‘physically safe and socially approachable’ | The Verge
A startup called Fauna Robotics has revealed a new humanoid robot called Sprout it’s been developing over the past two years. Standing around 3.5-feet tall, Sprout’s design, featuring a soft padded exterior, a wide head, and expressive mechanical eyebrows, was inspired by some of science fiction’s friendlier robots like Baymax and Rosie Jetson.
Amazon acquires humanoid developer Fauna Robotics - The Robot Report
Fauna currently offers Sprout, a humanoid robot for research, released earlier this year. Amazon said it’s taking a “well thought-out and measured approach to truly understand the potential of personal robots.” “We are excited about Fauna’s vision to build capable, safe, and fun robots for everyone,” an Amazon spokesperson told The Robot Report. “Together with Amazon’s robotics expertise and decades of experience earning customer trust in the home through our retail and devices businesses, we’re looking forward to inventing new ways to make our customers’ lives better and easier.” Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Moving forward, Fauna will be referred to as “Fauna, an Amazon company.” The startup will be joining Amazon’s Personal Robotics Group. [...] Amazon said it is “eager to learn from the creator community as they use Sprout, and Fauna will continue to seek new business as they do today.” However, it’s unclear what Amazon plans to do with Fauna moving forward. Does the company hope to turn Sprout into a commercialized home robot? Will it take learnings from Fauna robotics to create its own humanoid or household robot? Sprout’s safety-first design, in particular, could be interesting to Amazon. Fauna designed the robot to be lightweight, have a soft exterior, and minimize pinch points. These features are uncommon in humanoid robots built for industrial purposes. [...] The Robot Report # Amazon acquires humanoid developer Fauna Robotics By Brianna Wessling | Fauna Robotics' Sprout humanoid robot is small, lightweight, and soft to touch, making it safer than the average humanoid robot. Fauna Robotics’ Sprout humanoid robot is small, lightweight, and soft to the touch, making it safer than the average humanoid robot. | Source: Fauna Robotics Amazon.com Inc. is acquiring the New York-based humanoid robot developer Fauna Robotics Inc., an Amazon spokesperson confirmed to The Robot Report. Fauna’s around 50 employees, including its founders Rob Cochran and Josh Merel, will join Amazon.
Amazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots | TechCrunch
Fauna began shipping its first product, a 59-pound bipedal robot called Sprout, earlier this year to select research and development partners. This is Amazon’s second robotics acquisition — at least, that we know about — this month. Amazon confirmed to TechCrunch earlier this month that it has also acquired Rivr, a Zurich-based autonomous robotics startup known for its stair-climbing delivery robot. Terms of that deal weren’t disclosed either.
Introducing Sprout, a new humanoid development platform
Sprout is engineered for expressive engagement within human-centric environments. These interactions are enhanced by an articulated neck that provides a controllable gaze, allowing Sprout to “look” at people and objects. Fluid movements of the arms and torso further humanize the robot, enabling it to perform social gestures like high-fives, handshakes, and playful poses that bridge the gap between machine and companion, according to Fauna Robotics. ## Sprout designed for positive interactions with people Fauna Robotics said it balanced a friendly aesthetic with rigorous safety features in Sprout. The robot’s compact, lightweight frame has soft exterior panels and back-drivable motors to minimize impact forces and ensure safe interactions. Sprout's torso view [...] Beyond its protective design, Sprout emphasizes emotional connection through a character-like appearance, which includes an articulated neck, actuated eyebrows, and an LED array that facilitates natural, non-verbal communication and social trust. The robot’s modular architecture has 29 degrees of freedom and is designed for both durability and ease of use. It has a 3.5-hour swappable battery and a resilient build capable of recovering from falls. Fauna asserted that this blend of approachable materials and personalized aesthetics supports its mission to build a versatile platform for education, therapy, and interactive research. ## Fauna Robotics builds a platform for AI development [...] Sprout's torso view Standing at 107 cm and weighing just 22.7 kg, Sprout is designed to be inherently safe. | Credit: Fauna Robotics The company said it engineered Sprout’s physical form factor for approachability. With a maximum size of 107 cm (42 in.) and weighing 22.7 kg (50 lb.), the robot is intended to be unintimidating, particularly for children. In addition to its small size, Sprout works with a dedicated safety subsystem that monitors real-time conditions to enforce constraints across all mechanical and software levels, explained Fauna.
What Amazon saw in Fauna Robotics’ humanoid strategy
[Amazon’s acquisition of Fauna Robotics](https://www.therobotreport.com/amazon-acquires-humanoid-developer-fauna-robotics/) looks more like a platform move than a consumer robotics play. This makes Fauna’s humanoid, Sprout, significant beyond the deal itself. The system offers an early view of what a credible developer-facing humanoid stack looks like before higher-level autonomy is mature. ## Designing for the developer, not the demo Sprout is small by [humanoid](https://www.therobotreport.com/category/robots-platforms/humanoids/) standards. It stands 1.07 meters tall and weighs 22.7 kg, with 29 degrees of freedom. The size choice shapes the rest of the system.
Amazon Acquires Fauna Robotics, Entering Consumer ...
## Takeaways by Bloomberg AI Amazon.com Inc. acquired New York-based startup Fauna Robotics, becoming the latest technology giant to step into the burgeoning consumer humanoid market. The cloud-computing and e-commerce giant closed the deal for Fauna last week, according to people familiar with the purchase, who requested anonymity to discuss a private matter. Fauna is developing a human-like, 42-inch tall robot with arms and legs that can interact with people, walk, grip items and dance.
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