Rodney Brooks on Amazon's 1M robots: real-world deployment is the hard part
rodneyabrooks · x · 2026-10-24
Robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks endorsed Abhinav Sriram's observation that Amazon has deployed over 1 million robots, most of them manufactured in-house.
Amazon Robotics' CTO described how much work begins once a robot leaves the lab: systems that look convincing in testing always hit problems in real operating environments. Even Amazon starts with one corner of one floor of one warehouse, works through issues sequentially, then expands.
Key takeaway: a million deployed robots buys extraordinary real-world experience—and reality always humbles you.
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