The robots are designed to help Amazon speed the time it takes to deliver items to customers and better compete with brick-and-mortar stores.
Amazon projected on Thursday net sales of between $27.3 billion and $30.3 billion for the holiday quarter, lagging the $30.89 billion analysts had expected on average.
At that price, the IPO, one of the largest-ever, would give Alibaba a market valuation of $167.6 billion, surpassing American corporate icons from Walt Disney to Boeing.
Shares of the Chinese e-commerce giant will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on September 19 under the ticker "BABA".
Amazon also revamped its basic Kindle e-reader to include a touch screen. It will cost $79, about 15 per cent more than the current basic model.
The smartphone is equipped with a 3D-capable screen and the ability to recognise objects, music and TV shows.
The price cuts range from 10 per cent to 65 per cent. This marks the 42nd price reduction for AWS since its introduction eight years ago.
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