- The last Amazon warehouse robot can feel elements that it manages
- Vulcan has already prosecuted 500,000 orders in pilots
- He will work with workers to start efficiency and safety.
Amazon has presented a new warehouse robot that is calling Vulcan, and there is a step closer to being human than many humans could feel comfortable, but for a good reason.
Vulcan has the ability to “feel” the objects that interacts with the use of strength and tactile feedback sensors, which means that Amazon can improve precision and reduce errors in their warehouses.
The robot (fortunately non -humanoid) uses two separate arms, one to reorganize elements in compartments and another, equipped with a camera and a cup of suction, which will be used for the recovery of items.
Amazon Vulcan robot can “feel” objects
The company said that Vulcan was trained using physical data, including strength and tactile comments, and is already able to choose about three quarters of the inventory of the electronic commerce giant, since it has already prosecuted more than 500,000 orders in pilot deployments between Spokane, Washington and Hamburg, Germany.
Vulcan is also able to overcome self -assessment, learn from experiences as a human child would.
Due to this ability to learn combined with touch sensors and tactility, Amazon says that Vulcan imitates human skill, allowing him to manipulate well -packed compartments without damaging the items.
You can also identify when an element cannot currently handle, asking for help from a human.
In particular, on highly stacked shelves and higher warehouses, Vulcan can access items faster than humans because it does not need to use a ladder, improving safety and efficiency. It is also said that it works at speeds comparable to humans.
“Vulcan works together with our employees, and the combination is better than on his own,” said Amazon’s applied science director Aaron Parness.
Amazon now has more than 750,000 robots already in use in their stores, which emphasizes that they are there to support and collaborate with human workers instead of replacing them. Other projects include Sparrow, Robin, Cardinal and Proteus, the company’s first autonomous robot.
“Our vision is to climb this technology in our network, improve operational efficiency, improve security in the workplace and support our employees by reducing physically demanding tasks,” Parness concluded.
