Amazon Develops New Home Robot, Job Listings Show

Job postings analyzed by CNBC point to a new household robot that would operate autonomously alongside family members.

Updated on Nov. 9, 2026 in Robotics

Amazon Develops New Home Robot, Job Listings Show

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Amazon is developing a new home robot, according to job listings analyzed by CNBC. The company has not announced a name, price, launch date, or feature list for the device.

Why it matters

The effort follows Amazon's earlier Astro home robot, which costs $1,450 and reached only a few thousand homes before its business version was shut down. Homes are harder to automate than warehouses, which Amazon already runs with more than one million robots.

Amazon's Astro robot could map a home and recognize faces but could not pick anything up, and the company's Sprout-based humanoid from Fauna stands 3.5 feet tall. The specifications of the new home robot have not been disclosed.

The players

Amazon

Amazon is the e-commerce and cloud company that operates more than one million robots in its warehouses and previously sold the Astro home robot.

Fauna

Fauna is a New York robotics startup that Amazon acquired in March, known for its Sprout humanoid robot sold mainly to developers and researchers.

CNBC

CNBC is the business news network that analyzed the job listings revealing Amazon's new home robot development.

The details

Amazon hired for the new robot through job listings, including a since-removed engineering post and an October field support engineer listing. The company also acquired the New York startup Fauna in March, which now sits inside its Personal Robotics Group alongside staff from Lab126.

March 2026: Amazon acquired Fauna, confirmed by Fauna on March 24.
Earlier in 2026: Amazon redeployed much of the Astro team.
October 2026: Amazon posted a field support engineer listing for the robot effort.
November 8, 2026: CNBC published its analysis of the job listings.

Robotics Trajectory

Amazon's new effort follows the invite-only Astro robot, which never left limited sales and was followed by a business version shut down in less than a year. Its acquisition of Fauna signals a renewed push into personal robotics as venture funding for physical AI reached $33.4 billion in the first half of 2026.

For now, households cannot buy a new Amazon home robot, since the company has not announced a name, price, or launch date. Any future model would follow Astro's $1,450 price point and invite-only history, which suggests buyers should expect limited availability at first.

The takeaway

Homes present harder challenges than warehouses because stairs, pets, and children change every room, and Amazon's renewed effort will test whether it can solve them. Readers following the category should watch for an official product announcement before assuming a consumer release.