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Amazon’s new robot has a sense of touch, but it’s not here to replace humans

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par Kartikeya Walia, Lecturer, Department of Engineering, Nottingham Trent University

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.

The robot is part of Amazon’s long-term investment in warehouse automation. The inevitable question that always comes up is: will robots like this replace…

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