Amazon Unveils AI-Using Warehouse Robot With Human-Like Sense of Touch Amazon's new Vulcan robot uses physical AI to carefully stow and pick everything from socks to fragile electronics at fulfilment centres. Amazon's new Vulcan fulfilment center robot doesn't look humanoid but it has some very human characteristics, like the ability to "feel" the items it's handling. Amazon introduced Vulcan at its Delivering the Future event in Germany on May 7. "Built on key advances in robotics, engineering, and physical AI, Vulcan is our first robot with a sense of touch," the company said in a statement.