Amazon scales back Scout delivery robot program

As far as delivery robots go, Amazon's in-house Scout program seemed like a no-brainer. Few -- if any -- companies stand to gain more from a successful sidewalk deliver service. As noted by Bloomberg earlier this week, however, Amazon is pumping the brakes on the program. In a statement offered to TechCrunch, Amazon notes the company isn't killing the robot altogether, but is instead scaling back the program. This is still a dramatic setback for the program, not to mention the 400 or so humans that were working on it.