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Less than two months after exiting stealth, the New York-based startup behind the Sprout humanoid is joining Amazon’s Personal Robotics Group, signaling a major escalation in the race for home robotics.

Following its viral performance at the 2026 Spring Festival Gala, Unitree’s G1 humanoid is now available for direct purchase on Amazon, albeit with a significant price markup and strict development limitations.

Amazon’s Frontier AI & Robotics team reveals Perceptive Humanoid Parkour (PHP), a framework that allows bipedal robots to autonomously vault, climb, and adapt to changing environments in real-time.

The Frontier AI & Robotics team releases a "full-stack" framework designed to bridge the gap between different simulators and real-world deployment.

A New York Times report, based on internal documents, outlines Amazon's strategy to automate three-quarters of its operations, avoiding the need to hire over 600,000 workers. This provides new context for the company's aggressive R&D in humanoid robotics.