Amazon Robotics's latest warehouse bot is a nod to "Star Trek"

Amazon Robotics named its first robot with a sense of touch after Vulcan from "Star Trek."

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00:00I am multilingual. I am both a Star Wars and Star Trek fan. That can happen. You can embrace both.

00:06We have a lot of Star Trek folks inside of our walls of robotics, so naming it Vulcan,

00:11little head nod to our Star Trek folks. I grew up with Star Wars. I'm a huge fan of R2-D2. I think

00:18it's an amazing robot that helps you be more Jedi, allows you to be more powerful, and allows you to

00:24do more things. So a huge influence on me for sure, but we can also embrace a Star Trek world, of course.