Amazon has introduced Vulcan, a next-generation warehouse robot equipped with tactile sensing capabilities that allow it to “feel” the items it touches. Featuring two coordinated arms, Vulcan can autonomously rearrange inventory and retrieve products from storage bins using a suction-enabled gripper guided by vision and force feedback.
Trained on physical interactions, Vulcan can handle approximately 75% of Amazon’s product catalog and continually improves through real-world data. The robot is already in use at fulfillment centers in Spokane, Washington, and Hamburg, Germany, where it has processed over 500,000 customer orders.
Amazon emphasizes that Vulcan is designed to enhance safety and efficiency in its operations — not to replace human workers — as part of its broader robotics strategy.
