India, May 8 -- Amazon has introduced a new robot for its fulfilment centres called Vulcan. The company describes it as "neither numb nor dumb," and its first robot with a sense of touch. Amazon revealed Vulcan during its Delivering the Future event in Germany.

"What many humans do so easily, few robots can tackle," Amazon says. It added that most robots can't feel most things, not just emotionally but in terms of sensory perception. The company calls most robots "numb and dumb." But with Vulcan, it plans to change this. Here's how.

Amazon claims that Vulcan is transforming how Amazon operates at its fulfilment centres. It's helping to make employees' jobs safer and customer orders more efficient. This primarily stems from Vulcan's abil...