Wurman was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022 for his invention (with Mick Mountz and Raffaello D’Andrea) of the Kiva system, a mobile robotic system for material handling in distribution centers that has revolutionized warehouse order fulfillment.

NORTH CANTON, Ohio — Sept. 1, 2026 — Peter Wurman, a National Inventors Hall of Fame® Inductee and renowned co-inventor of mobile robotic material handling for order fulfillment, is being featured in a long-form video about his inspiring innovations, life and legacy produced by the Hall of Fame in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

The video is now available to view at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVq27t1kgM0.

Wurman was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022 for his invention (with Mick Mountz and Raffaello D'Andrea) of the Kiva system, a mobile robotic system for material handling in distribution centers that has revolutionized warehouse order fulfillment.

The Kiva system used thousands of mobile robots and sophisticated control software to bring inventory shelves to workers, significantly improving all areas of fulfillment center operations from safety and productivity to cycle time and throughput. As chief technology officer, Wurman was responsible for the system architecture and decision-making algorithms that allocated the tasks and coordinated the motion of the robot fleet.

Kiva's first customer was Staples, followed by dozens of others including Walgreens, whose fulfillment center used over 1,000 robots. In 2012, Amazon purchased Kiva and renamed the enterprise Amazon Robotics.

Named on more than 70 U.S. patents, Wurman shares the 2008 IEEE/IFR Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award with Mountz and D'Andrea.

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