AMAZON SAYS NEW WAREHOUSE ROBOT CAN ‘FEEL' ITEMS, BUT WON'T REPLACE WORKERS

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Amazon's new warehouse robot has a sense of touch, allowing it to handle jobs previously only done by humans. Vulcan has an innovative gripper that can manipulate 75% of the one million unique items in inventory at Amazon's Spokane warehouse. Vulcan will not be used to replace people - Amazon will create new, higher-skilled jobs. The robot can handle items up to 8 pounds and operate for 20 hours a day.