Amazon unveils Vulcan, a package sorting, AI-powered robot with a sense of touch

The meeting of artificial intelligence and robotics almost unavoidably conjures up images akin to the Terminator -- but with Vulcan, Amazon has something different in mind. Moving away from the traditional “numb and dumb” robot, Vulcan is described as a “fundamental leap forward in robotics”. Designed for used in its fulfillment centers, this is Amazon’s first robot with a sense of touch. See also: Launching today at Amazon’s “Delivering the Future” event in Dortmund, Germany, Vulcan is revolutionary. Aaron Parness, Amazon director of applied science says that the industrial robot is “not just seeing the world, it's feeling it, enabling… [Continue Reading]