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Ambi Robotics Wins IEEE Award for Product Innovation

AmbiSort A-Series is recognized for its AI-powered robotic sorting capabilities across ecommerce, shipping, and logistics operations.

BERKELEY, Calif. — April 29, 2025 Ambi Robotics, the leader in AI-powered robotic sorting and stacking solutions for warehouse operations, today announced that the company’s flagship product, AmbiSort A-Series, has won the 2025 IEEE Robotics and Automation Award for Product Innovation.  This global honor recognizes the most impactful robotics and automation products advancing real-world industrial applications.

Awarded by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, the accolade is reserved for technology that demonstrates exceptional innovation in design, methodology, and overall impact. AmbiSort A-Series earned distinction for its industry-leading AI-enabled performance in ecommerce package sorting–bringing scalable, real-time efficiency to high-volume warehouse operations.

“This award is one of the most prestigious in the robotics industry and is a testament to the continued work of our engineers, scientists and roboticists ,” said CEO Jim Liefer. “Our customers rely on the state-of-the-art  sorting capabilities of the AmbiSort A-Series to meet growing ecommerce demand every day. ”

The AmbiSort sort-to-sack system was built to be commercialized at scale, helping Fortune 500 shippers and the largest logistics companies maximize warehouse efficiency by handling more packages without additional operating hours. The AmbiSort commercial fleet has already sorted over 100 million packages across U.S. operations with a 99.6% accuracy rate. 

“AmbiSort combines cutting-edge AI, robot perception, and control science with exceptional mechanical engineering and human-centered design,” said Ken Goldberg, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Ambi Robotics. “It’s a remarkable blend of academic research and commercial execution—exactly the kind of innovation this award was created to celebrate.”

The Ambi Robotics team will be formally recognized at an award ceremony held at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA 2025) in Atlanta GA in May. The full list of award winners can be found at https://www.ieee-ras.org/about-ras/latest-news/2025-ieee-robotics-and-automation-awards-announced

About Ambi Robotics

Ambi Robotics is an artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics company developing advanced solutions that scale ecommerce operations to meet demand while empowering humans to handle more. The company’s industry-leading AI operating system, AmbiOS, leverages proprietary simulation-to-reality (Sim2Real) technology and the latest AI foundation models to provide reliable high-speed robotic systems. At Ambi Robotics, the world’s top roboticists, AI researchers, and leading business professionals work together to build cost-effective high-volume supply chain technologies. Founded in 2018, the company is located in Berkeley, Calif. For more information, please visit www.ambirobotics.com.