Vulcan, a robot with tactile senses, is a step toward automating more of picking and stowing work done by humans inside Amazon’s fulfillment centers.

Amazon has unveiled Vulcan, its first warehouse robot with a sense of touch, designed to handle inventory with precision while reducing strain on human workers.

Amazon is getting closer to deploying the closest thing to a human in its fulfillment centers as it unveiled a robot that can “feel.” Its latest robotics breakthrough, though, isn’t part of a plot to replace the long-serving workers on Amazon’s factory floors.