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Amazon eyes ‘fully automated’ delivery stations to bring robotics to the last mile

Not a pilot. Amazon's Project Tetromino aims to fully automate last-mile delivery stations using AI-driven robotics.

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Why it matters

Amazon is moving autonomous systems from controlled environments into last-mile logistics—a mission-critical deployment that could reshape how packages reach customers. The reliance on Boxbot's AI sequencing suggests the autonomy story (robot decision-making at scale) is as important as the hardware.

The key facts

5 to know
  1. Project Tetromino: Amazon internal initiative for fully automated delivery stations

  2. Technology partner: Boxbot (AI-driven storage trays for package sequencing)

  3. Focus: last-mile delivery automation

  4. Source: internal planning document obtained by Business Insider

  5. Published August 2026

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Publisher excerpt: Amazon is developing an internal initiative called Project Tetromino to build "fully automated" delivery stations, according to an internal planning document obtained by Business Insider. The effort could rely on technology from Boxbot, a robotics startup that uses AI-driven storage trays to…
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