Amazon’s machines are much more than simple devices for moving stock around, like driverless forklifts. One new robot, “Vulcan,” has a “sense of touch,” The Wall Street Journal reports, which lets it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ron Schmelzer covers AI and data best practices at Forbes since 2018 Amazon’s robotics group announced last week that it just hit ...

Robotics is a fascinating field that has come a long way in recent years. What was once cutting-edge and prohibitively expensive for consumer-grade projects has rapidly become accessible to the hobby ...

Amazon now has over 1 million robots operating in fulfillment centers, helping with stowing, picking, sorting, and ...

After 13 years of deploying robots into its warehouses, Amazon reached a new milestone. The tech behemoth now has 1 million robots in its warehouses, the company announced Monday. This one millionth ...

There's a new warehouse robot at Amazon that has a sense of touch, allowing it to handle a job previously only done by humans. Amazon unveiled the robot, called Vulcan, Wednesday at an event in ...

The tech giant this morning unveiled what it describes as its first warehouse robot with a sense of touch. The robot, dubbed Vulcan, uses force sensors and AI to handle and organize inventory with ...

A robot in Amazon’s fulfillment center follows an optimized path toward its target, guided by DeepFleet, the company’s new AI system designed to coordinate robotic traffic and reduce congestion on the ...

Amazon made a lot of noise in October when it unveiled Blue Jay, a multi-armed warehouse robot built to speed up same-day deliveries. Just months later, the company quietly ended the program. The ...

Amazon, the e-commerce giant, has long been at the forefront of technological innovation. But perhaps one of its most impressive feats is the way it's harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and ...