Recent work for Inside Amazon
July 15, 2025

Project Vulcan, a warehouse picker robot

Josh Newberg, Engineering Lead with TEKsystems, stands with the Project Vulcan robot in Amazon's GEG1 warehouse in Spokane, Washington, USA, on Wed., April 16, 2025. Project Vulcan uses a robot that uses touch to pick-up, manipulate, and stow products in fabric pods as they come into the warehouse.
The Project Vulcan robot waits to grab products to stow in Amazon's GEG1 warehouse in Spokane, Washington, USA, on Wed., April 16, 2025. Project Vulcan uses a robot that uses touch to pick-up, manipulate, and stow products in fabric pods as they come into the warehouse.
The Project Vulcan robot stows products in fabric pods in Amazon's GEG1 warehouse in Spokane, Washington, USA, on Wed., April 16, 2025. Project Vulcan uses a robot that uses touch to pick-up, manipulate, and stow products in fabric pods as they come into the warehouse.
The Project Vulcan robot grabs products to stow in Amazon's GEG1 warehouse in Spokane, Washington, USA, on Wed., April 16, 2025. Project Vulcan uses a robot that uses touch to pick-up, manipulate, and stow products in fabric pods as they come into the warehouse.
Trent Holmes, an Inductor with TEKsystems, places items on a conveyor belt to be sorted and stowed by the Project Vulcan robot at Amazon's GEG1 warehouse in Spokane, Washington, USA, on Wed., April 16, 2025. Project Vulcan uses a robot that uses touch to pick-up, manipulate, and stow products in fabric pods as they come into the warehouse.
Josh Newberg, Engineering Lead with TEKsystems, checks on the Project Vulcan robot in Amazon's GEG1 warehouse in Spokane, Washington, USA, on Wed., April 16, 2025. Project Vulcan uses a robot that uses touch to pick-up, manipulate, and stow products in fabric pods as they come into the warehouse.
Ryan Sand, Robotics Engineer with TEKsystems, watches as the Project Vulcan robot grabs and stows products in Amazon's GEG1 warehouse in Spokane, Washington, USA, on Wed., April 16, 2025. Project Vulcan uses a robot that uses touch to pick-up, manipulate, and stow products in fabric pods as they come into the warehouse.
The Project Vulcan robot grabs products to stow in Amazon's GEG1 warehouse in Spokane, Washington, USA, on Wed., April 16, 2025. Project Vulcan uses a robot that uses touch to pick-up, manipulate, and stow products in fabric pods as they come into the warehouse.
Josh Newberg, Engineering Lead with TEKsystems, looks at a computer monitoring the Project Vulcan robot in Amazon's GEG1 warehouse in Spokane, Washington, USA, on Wed., April 16, 2025. Project Vulcan uses a robot that uses touch to pick-up, manipulate, and stow products in fabric pods as they come into the warehouse.
Josh Newberg, Engineering Lead with TEKsystems, looks at a screen showing positions of fabric pods near the Project Vulcan robot in Amazon's GEG1 warehouse in Spokane, Washington, USA, on Wed., April 16, 2025. Project Vulcan uses a robot that uses touch to pick-up, manipulate, and stow products in fabric pods as they come into the warehouse.
Trent Holmes, an Inductor with TEKsystems, places items on a conveyor belt to be sorted and stowed by the Project Vulcan robot at Amazon's GEG1 warehouse in Spokane, Washington, USA, on Wed., April 16, 2025. Project Vulcan uses a robot that uses touch to pick-up, manipulate, and stow products in fabric pods as they come into the warehouse.

A day in the life of an Amazon Flex driver

Amazon Flex driver Ken Roy delivers packages from his personal vehicle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., June 25, 2024. Roy says he has been working with Amazon Flex for six years and likes the freedom of choosing when and where to work.
Amazon Flex driver Ken Roy picks up packages for a 3-hour delivery route at SWA2 in Renton, Washington, USA, on Tue., June 25, 2024. Roy says he has been working with Amazon Flex for six years and likes the freedom of choosing when and where to work.
Amazon Flex driver Ken Roy sorts packages for a 3-hour delivery route at SWA2 in Renton, Washington, USA, on Tue., June 25, 2024. Roy says he has been working with Amazon Flex for six years and likes the freedom of choosing when and where to work.
Amazon Flex driver Ken Roy delivers packages from his personal vehicle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., June 25, 2024. Roy says he has been working with Amazon Flex for six years and likes the freedom of choosing when and where to work.
Amazon Flex driver Ken Roy delivers packages from his personal vehicle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., June 25, 2024. Roy says he has been working with Amazon Flex for six years and likes the freedom of choosing when and where to work.
Amazon Flex driver Ken Roy delivers packages from his personal vehicle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., June 25, 2024. Roy says he has been working with Amazon Flex for six years and likes the freedom of choosing when and where to work.
Ken Roy is an Amazon Flex driver who uses his personal vehicle to deliver packages in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., June 25, 2024. Roy says he has been working with Amazon Flex for six years and likes the freedom of choosing when and where to work.
Amazon Flex driver Ken Roy delivers packages from his personal vehicle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., June 25, 2024. Roy says he has been working with Amazon Flex for six years and likes the freedom of choosing when and where to work.
Amazon Flex driver Ken Roy uses his phone for route info while delivering packages in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., June 25, 2024. Roy says he has been working with Amazon Flex for six years and likes the freedom of choosing when and where to work.
Amazon Flex driver Ken Roy has an Amazon logo dashboard light in his car as he delivers packages from his personal vehicle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., June 25, 2024. Roy says he has been working with Amazon Flex for six years and likes the freedom of choosing when and where to work.
Amazon Flex driver Ken Roy returns a package cart before embarking on a 3-hour delivery route at SWA2 in Renton, Washington, USA, on Tue., June 25, 2024. Roy says he has been working with Amazon Flex for six years and likes the freedom of choosing when and where to work.

Profile of AWS VP and Distinguished Engineer Tom Scholl (and his cat shirts!)

Tom Scholl, a VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services, poses for a portrait with network graphs he drew on a whiteboard in Amazon's MayDay building in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Wed., March 13, 2024.
Tom Scholl, a VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services, draws a network graph on a whiteboard in Amazon's MayDay building in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Wed., March 13, 2024.
Tom Scholl, a VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services, works in his office in Amazon's MayDay building in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Wed., March 13, 2024.
Tom Scholl, a VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services, works in his office in Amazon's MayDay building in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Wed., March 13, 2024.
Tom Scholl, a VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services, draws a network graph on a whiteboard in Amazon's MayDay building in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Wed., March 13, 2024.
Tom Scholl, a VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services, is seen with his cats Piggu (black cat) and Izzy (white and black) on the "catio" (cat patio) attached to his house Sequim, Washington, USA, on Thu., March 14, 2024. Scholl has five cats at home.

Behind the scenes in Amazon's Just Walk Out lab

Cameras mounted above the lab have a bird's-eye perspective as AWS Senior Manager of Applied Science Chris Broaddus (right) and AWS Principal Scientist Tian Lan take products from a shelf in Amazon's Just Walk Out lab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., Sept. 19, 2024. Just Walk Out technology uses computer vision to track customers and merchandise and allows people to make purchases without checking out with a cashier.
AWS Senior Manager of Applied Science Chris Broaddus adjusts a camera mounted above Amazon's Just Walk Out lab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., Sept. 19, 2024. Just Walk Out technology uses computer vision to track customers and merchandise and allows people to make purchases without checking out with a cashier.
The payment terminal at an entry point in Amazon's Just Walk Out lab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., Sept. 19, 2024. Just Walk Out technology uses computer vision to track customers and merchandise and allows people to make purchases without checking out with a cashier.
AWS Principal Scientist Tian Lan grabs products from a shelf in Amazon's Just Walk Out lab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., Sept. 19, 2024. Just Walk Out technology uses computer vision to track customers and merchandise and allows people to make purchases without checking out with a cashier.
AWS Senior Manager of Applied Science Chris Broaddus (on ladder) adjusts a camera mounted above Amazon's Just Walk Out lab as AWS Principal Scientist Tian Lan looks on in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., Sept. 19, 2024. Just Walk Out technology uses computer vision to track customers and merchandise and allows people to make purchases without checking out with a cashier.
A LiDAR scanning device stands in Amazon's Just Walk Out lab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., Sept. 19, 2024. Just Walk Out technology uses computer vision to track customers and merchandise and allows people to make purchases without checking out with a cashier.
AWS Senior Manager of Applied Science Chris Broaddus (left) and AWS Principal Scientist Tian Lan work on a whiteboard in Amazon's Just Walk Out lab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., Sept. 19, 2024. Just Walk Out technology uses computer vision to track customers and merchandise and allows people to make purchases without checking out with a cashier.
AWS Senior Manager of Applied Science Chris Broaddus grabs products from a shelf in Amazon's Just Walk Out lab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., Sept. 19, 2024. Just Walk Out technology uses computer vision to track customers and merchandise and allows people to make purchases without checking out with a cashier.
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