Amazon unveils warehouse robot with human-like tactile senses

Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 4:20 am

Amazon’s fulfillment centers now feature Vulcan, a new warehouse robot engineered with tactile sensing technology to “feel” items—a development that promises efficiency without replacing the human workforce. The innovation symbolizes a quirky yet practical step forward in robotics amidst growing automation in retail logistics.

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cnet.com / Amazon Unveils AI-Using Warehouse Robot With Human-Like Sense of Touch

Amazon's new Vulcan robot uses physical AI to carefully stow and pick everything from socks to fragile electronics at fulfillment centers.

techcrunch.com / Amazon debuts a warehouse robot with a sense of ‘touch’

Amazon says that it has developed a new warehouse robot, Vulcan, that can “feel” some of the items it touches. The two-armed Vulcan, which can maneuver goods inside the storage compartments Amazon has in its warehouses, uses force sensors to help it know when it makes contact with an object. One…

siliconangle.com / Amazon introduces Vulcan: an AI-powered warehouse robot with a sense of touch

Online retailer titan Amazon.com Inc. today unveiled a new warehouse robot during its Delivering the Future event in Dortmund, Germany, named Vulcan, the company said represents a “fundamental leap forward in robotics.” Vulcan brings the first robot that has a sense of touch to Amazon’s array of…

winbuzzer.com / Amazon Debuts Vulcan Robot with Tactile Sensing for Warehouse Automation

Amazon's investment in robotics continues with Vulcan, a touch-enabled robot aimed at improving warehouse operations, though concerns about job impact persist. The post Amazon Debuts Vulcan Robot with Tactile Sensing for Warehouse Automation appeared first on WinBuzzer.

techspot.com / Amazon unveils warehouse robot with sense of touch, raising more concerns about job losses

The Vulcan robot represents a "fundamental leap forward in robotics," according to Amazon. It uses a sensor, powered by AI, to essentially feel items it picks up, determining the exact amount of pressure and torque required to safely handle each object.Read Entire Article

engadget.com / Amazon's newest fulfillment robot has a sense of touch

Amazon has deployed over 750,000 robots to its fulfillment centers over the last decade or so, but now there's a new, shall we say, more sensitive addition. The company has announced Vulcan, its first robot with a sense of touch. It's one in a series of new robots introduced today at Amazon's…

theverge.com / Amazon develops a robot that ‘feels’ touch, just like its human workers

Amazon has announced a new AI-infused warehouse robot that it says has a sense of touch. This allows the Vulcan robot to pick and stow roughly three-quarters of the items stocked in the company’s warehouses, a task that was previously handled predominantly by human workers. “Vulcan represents a…

betanews.com / Amazon unveils Vulcan, a package sorting, AI-powered robot with a sense of touch

The meeting of artificial intelligence and robotics almost unavoidably conjures up images akin to the Terminator -- but with Vulcan, Amazon has something different in mind. Moving away from the traditional “numb and dumb” robot, Vulcan is described as a “fundamental leap forward in robotics”.…

wired.com / Amazon Has Made a Robot With a Sense of Touch

Vulcan, a robot with tactile senses, is a step towards automating more of picking and stowing work done by humans inside Amazon’s fulfillment centers.

cnbc.com / Amazon says new warehouse robot can ‘feel’ items, but won’t replace workers

Amazon gave CNBC a first look at its new warehouse robot, Vulcan, that can "feel" objects, enabling it to do a job only humans could previously handle.

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