📦 Stairway to Prime
August 3, 2026
Your Amazon driver may soon stop risking a workers’ comp claim over the air fryer you ordered at 11:46 p.m.
Amazon-backed RIVR is testing delivery robots in snow, ice and rough terrain, including staircases that would make a human reconsider free two-day shipping. The four-legged machine can climb up and down slick steps while carrying packages, basically a robotic mountain goat that doesn’t complain.
It’s genuinely useful, right up until one accidentally breaks through your door.
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