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 ...

There's a new warehouse robot at Amazon that has a sense of touch, allowing it to handle a job previously only done by humans. Amazon unveiled the robot, called Vulcan, Wednesday at an event in ...

Amazon's new Vulcan fulfillment center robot doesn't look humanoid but it has some very human characteristics, like the ability to "feel" the items it's handling. Amazon introduced Vulcan at its ...

For years, Amazon has set the bar for package delivery. When Prime launched in 2005, two-day shipping was unheard of. By 2019, one-day shipping was standard for millions of items. Now, the retail ...

Amazon unveiled more than 750-thousand robots it will use to sort, lift and carry packages in the company’s warehouses. But what does this mean for the online seller’s human workforce? Cybersecurity ...

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 ...

Amazon, along with other online retailers, has seen a massive increase in demand in this time of coronavirus. The company recently hired 175,000 additional human workers, but its warehouses are highly ...

Amazon's RDU1 warehouse uses metrics to track speed, quality, and efficiency. Robots like 'Hercules' automate transport and packaging to reduce worker strain. Amazon plans to expand robotics to manage ...

Tye Brady’s interest in robotics began in the 1970s when Star Wars was released in theaters and Luke Skywalker’s beloved robotic sidekick, R2-D2, caught his youthful imagination. Inspired by the ...

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 ...

On July 1, a week before Prime Day, Amazon workers at the vast RDU1 warehouse south of Raleigh returned from half-hour shift breaks and listened to a pep talk. Called “stand-ups,” these routine ...