US EditionAmazon 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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Amazon's new robot has a sense of touch, but it's not here to replace humans
Amazon has just unveiled its newest warehouse robot called Vulcan, which has a "sense of touch." Designed to gently stow items using pressure-sensitive gripping and artificial intelligence (AI), Vulcan is now being tested in two Amazon facilities, in Spokane, Washington state, US, and Hamburg, Germany.
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