For the first time in Amazon, a repository robot with a sense of “touch”

Amazon He says He has developed a new warehouse robot, Volcan, can “feel” some of the elements he touches.

Volcan with the two weapons, which can maneuver the goods inside Amazon storage in its warehouses, uses power sensors to help them know when to connect to an object. One of the arms rearrange the elements in a cabin, while the second arm – equipped with a camera and suction cup – holds elements.

Amazon says Volcan has been trained in material data, including strength and touches that touch to choose about 75 % of Amazon shares, and that she is able to self -improvement over time. The robot has been published in Spokan, Washington and Hamburg, Germany, where he has processed half a million requests so far.

Volcan is only the latest addition to the Amazon’s Warehouse Robby Fleet. Hundreds of thousands are used to meet customer orders through global storage facilities. While critics claim that Amazon robotics investment is an attempt to replace human workers, Amazon confirms that this is not the case, as robots such as Volcan simply in their warehouses Safety.