Amazon’s LadderMan Framework Teaches Humanoids to Work in High-Up Spaces
Amazon researchers are teaching humanoid robots to climb ladders they’ve never seen before at human speed and then do work without falling.
Amazon’s established its frontier research lab, called Amazon FAR, in early 2025 as reports emerged the tech giant was eager to deploy autonomous humanoid robots for last mile automation.
Amazon researchers are teaching humanoid robots to climb ladders they’ve never seen before at human speed and then do work without falling.
Amazon has acquired the New York startup Fauna Robotics, two months after it two months after it emerged from stealth with its cute compact humanoid.
Amazon researchers say they’ve more than doubled a humanoid robot’s strength without changing a single piece of hardware.