# Vulcan robot can accurately gauge the pressure required to grab and move warehouse items based on their size, dimensions and density.

*robotics · news · 2025-05-21 · Livescience.com*

## Key points

- Amazon's new Vulcan robot can pick and stow 75% of warehouse items using touch sensitivity.
- Vulcan features a wand with both a camera and a suction cup for item identification and retrieval.
- Vulcan learns from item handling data and adapts its grip and actions via artificial intelligence.
- Deployment has begun at fulfillment centers in Spokane, Washington, and Hamburg, Germany.
- Scaling Vulcan will create new human jobs, such as robotic floor managers overseeing robot operations.

**Companies:** Amazon, Zebra Technologies, Boston Dynamics, Fetch Robotics, RightHand Robotics
**Countries:** United States, Germany

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