{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"0000015f-4a71-d80d-abdf-5bfdc5960003","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/amazon-robotics-challenge-winners-announced","headline":"Amazon Robotics Challenge winners announced","description":"Teams from around the world take home $270,000 in prizes.","datePublished":"2017-07-31T18:20:59Z","dateModified":"2017-07-31T18:20:59Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amazon Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/08549ff/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1125x1125+438+0/resize/84x84!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F47%2F6d%2F7fe296e642859c7ba2a629eda3ba%2Famazon-logo-hero-images-2024.jpg","width":"84","height":"84"}}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/0456133/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1000x500+0+1/resize/1200x600!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2FAnything%2Ftest%2Fimages%2Fblogphotos%2Fwinning_team_celebrates_at_2017_Amazon_Robotics_Challenge.jpg","width":"1200","height":"600"},"articleBody":"# Amazon Robotics Challenge winners announced\n\n*Teams from around the world take home $270,000 in prizes.*\n\nSixteen teams from across the globe came to Nagoya, Japan to participate in the third annual [Amazon Robotics Challenge](http://amzn.to/2w7zE3H). Amazon sponsors the event to strengthen ties between the industrial and academic robotics communities and to promote shared and open solutions to some of the big puzzles in the field.\n\n![A photo of an Amazon employee working on a robot in a warehouse. ](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/c88c2ca/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1115x743+206+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Ffd%2F26%2F388c144348b99f460c11b8693304%2Fmechatronics.jpg)\n\n- [New Amazon program offers free career training in robotics](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/new-amazon-program-offers-free-career-training-in-robotics)\n\nWatch the video above to see these inventive teams — and their robots — in action.\n\n![A group of Australian students cheer after winning the Amazon Robotics Challenge.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/8e56bfa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1000x667+0+0/resize/767x512!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2FAnything%2Ftest%2Fimages%2Fblogphotos%2Fwinning_team_celebrates_at_2017_Amazon_Robotics_Challenge.jpg)\n\nCongratulations to this year’s winners from the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision.","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}