Amazon expands warehouse automation with Vulcan robots
The AI-powered Vulcan robots can handle 75% of Amazon’s product inventory.
Amazon has officially unveiled its Vulcan robots, an advanced robotics system designed to improve safety and efficiency in its fulfilment centres. Already in operation at facilities in Spokane, USA, and Hamburg, Germany, the new technology was showcased at an event in Dortmund this week.
The robots combine AI-powered software with a spatula-like gripping mechanism and sensors to pick up and stow items with a high degree of precision. Amazon says the robots are capable of handling around 75 percent of its product inventory and can operate at speeds comparable to human workers.
Their design allows them to safely access items stored at the highest and lowest levels of the eight-foot storage pods used throughout Amazon’s centres.
A wider rollout is expected in the UK over the next three years, with several distribution centres in Yorkshire set to adopt the technology.
Amazon highlights the Vulcan system as a key advancement in warehouse automation, aimed at improving worker safety and streamlining complex logistics operations.
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