Amazon draws on fleet of 1 million robots to help machines learn and act in real world

What happened

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced an open-source development stack to help companies build and deploy robots that can perceive their surroundings, make decisions, and perform physical tasks by bringing together cloud computing, simulation, and artificial intelligence tools. Called the Physical AI Toolchain on AWS, the platform combines AWS infrastructure with NVIDIA’s physical AI software ecosystem to support the development of industrial robots, autonomous mobile machines, and humanoid systems. Amazon Web Services is a cloud computing company based in Seattle.

Amazon says the toolchain is intended to reduce the engineering effort required to move AI models from development into real-world machines. The launch reflects a broader shift in AI development: moving beyond systems that generate text and images toward machines that must interact with physical environments, where mistakes can damage equipment, disrupt production, or create safety risks. Training these systems requires more than a capable AI model.

Key facts

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) has — introduced: an open-source development stack to help companies build and deploy robots that can perceive their surroundings, make decisions, and perform physical tasks by bringing together cloud computing, simulation, and artificial intelligence tools
• Training these systems — requires: more than a capable AI model