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Amazon touts Vulcan, its first robot with a sense of 'touch'

  • Amazon unveiled Vulcan, a robot with a sense of touch, on Wednesday in Germany to assist workers in its warehouses worldwide.
  • The robot's development began three years ago to address challenges of dexterity and safety in handling items stored in crowded and high shelves.
  • Vulcan uses an AI-powered sensor to determine pressure and torque, enabling it to pick and stow about 75% of the one million items at the Spokane facility.
  • Amazon states Vulcan will reduce injury risks by replacing ladder use, work alongside humans without replacing them, and create new higher-skilled jobs in robot maintenance.
  • The robot's deployment signals increased automation in warehouses, potentially improving efficiency and costs while Amazon continues investing $1.2 billion in upskilling workers since 2019.
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logistik-heute.de broke the news in on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
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