Amazon's new Vulcan robot uses physical AI to carefully stow and pick everything from socks to fragile electronics at fulfillment centers.

Vulcan isn’t the first robot Amazon produced that can grab and sort parcels and items. It also has other bird-named systems, Sparrow, Cardinal and Robin, which use vision AI and suction cups. Roving robots of Greek-named origins, Proteus, Titan and Hercules, move products around warehouses and fulfillment centers.

The robot uses force sensors and adaptive paddles to gently push items aside and slide new ones into tight spaces without damage.