In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more. by Todd Bishop on May 1, 2012 at 1:45 pm May 1, 2012 at 1:58 pm ...

Online retail giant Amazon.com has snapped up Kiva Systems Inc. of North Reading for $775 million. Kiva makes robotic systems designed to speed up fulfillment of orders at Internet retailers’ ...

Amazon.com is putting Kiva Systems in its checkout cart, paying $775 million to buy the North Reading firm whose robotics technology speeds up e-commerce shipments. Kiva makes flat orange robots that ...

SAN FRANCISCO — An army of 15,000 robots is ready to roll as Amazon's fulfillment centers prepare for the holiday sales onslaught. To pick, pack and ship those items, the company is launching a ...

A box from Amazon.com is pictured on the porch of a house in Golden, Colorado July 23, 2008. REUTERS Amazon.com Inc Monday announced that it has reached an agreement to buy Kiva Systems Inc, an ...

You can imagine an episode of The Office in which Michael Scott has to tell warehouse supervisor Darrell that he’s being replaced by a squat, turtle-like orange robot. In that world, odds are it would ...

Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to buy robot maker Kiva Systems Inc. for $775 million, the online retailer said on Monday. Kiva makes robots that have been used to move merchandise in warehouses operated ...

Amazon.com just announced an agreement to pay $775 million in cash to acquire Kiva Systems Inc., a maker of automation technology for fulfillment centers. Kiva makes robotic vehicles that zip around ...

Geek+, a Beijing-based startup that makes warehouse fulfillment robots similar to those of Amazon's Kiva, said Thursday that it has closed over $200 million in a Series C funding round. That bumps ...

SEATTLE (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to buy Kiva Systems, which makes robots and software to help companies fulfill orders, for $775 million in cash. Privately held Kiva says its technology ...

Amazon has announced that it is planning to acquire Kiva Systems, Inc., which is known for its automated material handling order fulfillment system. Given Kiva's scalable e-commerce and warehouse ...