Amazon is Training Robots for Home Package Delivery, Per Report

Amazon is enhancing its logistics operations by developing and testing humanoid robots for package delivery. This initiative aims to improve efficiency and potentially transform the last-mile delivery process and integrating robots into more of its operations.

Robot holding an Amazon package

Amazon is Making a Park to Train Robots for Package Delivery

Amazon has been constructing a humanoid robot park in its San Francisco, CA office. This indoor obstacle course is designed to train robots to navigate complex environments, simulating real-world delivery scenarios with the future goal of package delivery.

According to The Information, the company plans to deploy these humanoid robots from inside its fleet of Rivian electric delivery vans. The robots would exit the vans to deliver the packages directly to the customer's doorstep to streamline the delivery process. Per the New York Post, Amazon recently purchased 20,000 Rivian vans for its fleet.

Amazon has established an "agentic AI team" focused on developing flexible robot systems capable of understanding and responding to natural language commands. This effort is part of a broader strategy to replace rigid test-specific machines with more adaptable solutions. 

The company is evaluating various humanoid robots, including the digital robot from Agility Robots and a $16,000 model from China's Unittree. These tests are crucial for assessing the robotics capabilities in real-world delivery tasks.

More Robots Could Potentially Reduce the Need for Humans

While the deployment of humanoid robots could enhance efficiency, there are concerns about potential impacts on human employment. Amazon currently employs approximately 275,000 drivers in the U.S. and about 1.55 million people worldwide. The company states that the human drivers can still operate the vans without causing inefficiencies, suggesting this would be a collaborative approach between humans and robots. 

This initiative reflects Amazon's ongoing commitment to integrating advanced technology into its operations, potentially setting new standards in the logistics and package delivery industry.

Sources:

Galvin, Shane. "Amazon testing out human delivery robots that will 'spring out' of vans: report." New York Post. 5 June 2025.

The Information. "Amazon Prepares to Test Humanoid Robots for Delivering Packages." 

Weatherbed, Jess. "Amazon is reportedly training humanoid robots to deliver packages." The Verge.

Question to the reader: Would you have a problem if a robot delivered an Amazon package to your home?

iPhone App Review: Field Agent

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Field Agent App on iPhone

Field Agent is a great iPhone app to have, but it requires one major thing: TIME.

Once you download the app, you click on the orange app icon with a white tie. The Field Agent app will launch and then load jobs for your area.

I have noticed that many new jobs are populated and ready for Saturday.

Field Agent Experience:

After getting a list of jobs on the iPhone app, I decided to go down to Publix (grocery store) and attempt to complete some of the many assignments. When you select an assignment, it will give you an abbreviated title for the Product, and then will provide a suggested location for the product in the description area.

Field Agent App Job listings

I found that many jobs were being added on this Saturday morning. Many jobs would only last for a few minutes and then it would disappear, and new jobs would populate.

I didn’t accept the jobs unless I knew that I could complete the assignment. The app warns that it may be difficult to cancel the job once accepted, but it is quite easy to cancel a job assignment. The only downside may be that it hurts your agent completion score in the app.

Conclusion:

What I found using the Field Agent app for specific grocery stores is that the items you are searching for may not be found at your local store. I was searching for items like cheese and beef jerky, and the UPC codes before and after this particular UPC were there, but the 10-digit UPC code was not in stock. That was frustrating.

Then, when I actually found one that was in stock, the bottled water did not list the ingredients or allergy warnings, which were required photos.

So the one item that was in stock, I took two pictures: one of the UPC, and one of the fronts of the package. The assignment required 4 pictures, including the allergy warning, and ingredient listing.

I submitted this assignment, and gave this explanation, but later received an email from Field Agent saying that my submission was denied.

I searched for at least 10 products in the job section, successfully found one, and that one submission was denied. This turned out to be quite a frustrating attempt to complete jobs with Field Agent.

But note that I have successfully completed one Field Agent assignment, taking a photo of the soft drink section at Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart tasks seem to be easier to accomplish.

The Field Agent iPhone App sounds cool in theory, but not all jobs are easy to find in grocery stores, and for an hour’s worth of time, you may only accomplish one task for $6.50.

Are you worth more than $6.50 an hour?

The reality is that Field Agent is not an easy way to make money. Don't expect to make a living off of it, and don't expect consistent job assignments. Cool app, but not an income reality.

Here is the bottom line on Field Agent. In theory, its a great app. It would be cool if a person could actually make a little money from it. The sad reality is that Field Agent often makes requirements for a completion that are impossible. You end up wasting your time. Too many pictures are rejected. They tell you to go to a location and take a picture of a display that is non-existent. Then you get the dreaded email from the support worker to your email saying they reject your submission because the picture isn't what they wanted. They need to let you take several pictures and they pick what they want.

Field Agent has wasted my time on several occasions when I though I would actually get a completion.