Yeah, that was a smart acquisition. They have hundreds of thousands of robots working for them now [0]. The Kiva Systems founders were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame last year [1].

It's interesting to read in [1] that one of the founders is working with RightHand Robotics [2] on picking. I wonder if RHH would be another acquisition target for Amazon if they solve that problem.

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Robotics

[1] - https://www.therobotreport.com/kiva-systems-creators-inducte...

[2] - https://www.righthandrobotics.com/