Amazon recently abandoned an innovative robotic line that it had deployed last year in an effort to streamline some of its ...

Robots in Amazon's fulfillment warehouse can pick and stow products well enough that the e-tail giant is happy to begin beta testing, but not well enough to leave human workers behind.… In its ...

Warehouse operations are undergoing a profound transformation as companies grapple with the competing pressures of faster fulfillment expectations, persistent labor shortages, rising operational costs ...

The tech giant this morning unveiled what it describes as its first warehouse robot with a sense of touch. The robot, dubbed Vulcan, uses force sensors and AI to handle and organize inventory with ...

Just months after calling Blue Jay a core warehouse technology, the company shelved it as part of a broader shift in how its ...

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 ...

Amazon's new Vulcan robot uses physical AI to carefully stow and pick everything from socks to fragile electronics at fulfillment centers. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech ...

Amazon’s machines are much more than simple devices for moving stock around, like driverless forklifts. One new robot, “Vulcan,” has a “sense of touch,” The Wall Street Journal reports, which lets it ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Amazon unveiled Vulcan, a warehouse robot with 'a sense of touch,' at an event in Germany. Vulcan adds/removes items from pods ...

A hot potato: Amazon has announced two milestones that not everyone will welcome: the company has just deployed its millionth robot in its warehouse operations, and it is introducing a new AI model ...