US EditionAmazon touts Vulcan, its first robot with a sense of 'touch'
- Amazon introduced Vulcan, its first robot with a sense of touch, in April 2025 at warehouses in Spokane, Washington, and Hamburg, Germany.
- Amazon developed Vulcan to address challenges in retrieving items from crowded spaces and reaching high or low storage areas where human access is difficult.
- Vulcan uses AI-powered sensors and gripping pincers to handle about 75% of warehouse items, operating up to 20 hours daily alongside workers to improve safety and efficiency.
- Aaron Parness, Amazon's Director of Robotics, said Vulcan will create new higher-skilled jobs for maintaining and operating robots, emphasizing it will not replace human workers entirely.
- Amazon plans to expand Vulcan to more facilities in 2026, aiming to reduce physically demanding tasks and enhance operational efficiency while continuing human-robot collaboration.
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Amazon’s newest robot, made in Massachusetts, gains a sense of touch - The Boston Globe
Designed and manufactured at Amazon’s robotics operations outside Boston, the new bot, dubbed Vulcan, can place an item in a storage bin while carefully nudging other items out of the way.
Amazon says its new warehouse robot can work 20-hour shifts and 'feel' items
Amazon's new Vulcan robot frees up workers to focus their efforts on objects stored in mid-height bins.AmazonAmazon's latest Vulcan robot is the company's first system that can sense touch.The devices can reach places where workers would ordinarily have to bend or climb a step-ladder.Amazon says fulfillment centers will still need human workers, especially for higher-tech roles.Amazon warehouse workers' newest high-tech colleague has a sensitive…
Amazon says new 'Vulcan' warehouse robot has human touch but won't replace humans
This week Amazon debuted a new warehouse robot that has a sense of "touch," but the company also promised its new bot will not replace human warehouse workers. On Monday, at Amazon's Delivering the Future event in Dortmund, Germany, the retail giant introduced the world to Vulcan, a robot designed to sort, pick up, and place objects in storage compartments with the finesse and dexterity of human hands. SEE ALSO: AI-powered robot dog is learnin…
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