Amazon.com buys robotics start-up Canvas Technology

Amazon.com has acquired Canvas Technology, a robotics start-up in Boulder, Colorado, that has built autonomous carts that can move goods around warehouses.
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The world’s largest online retailer has increasingly automated its fulfillment centers with robots, originally from Kiva Systems which it agreed to buy for $775 million in 2012, that transport shelves of inventory to workers to pick customer orders.

Amazon has also shown growing interest in self-driving technology more broadly, recently participating in a $530 million funding round in driverless car startup Aurora Innovation.

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