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Something that seems really odd is they are working off the false assumption that current picking bins are suitable for the job. It seems every team was effecti
by dsl 10y ago
Something that seems really odd is they are working off the false assumption that current picking bins are suitable for the job. It seems every team was effectively competing against the bins, not devising an efficient way to put a subset of objects in storage into a container.
- icebraining 10y agoHow do you know it's a false assumption and not a tested fact?
- gcatalfamo 10y agoHow do you know if it's a tested fact? And even if it was, why not experimenting without human constraints?
- icebraining 10y agoI don't know, that's why I'm asking! And even if it was, why not experimenting without human constraints? Who says they didn't? Really, all I'm asking is: why is everyone assuming that Amazon/Kiva didn't think about these things? Because unless one has a good reason to think they are taking a wrong approach, it just seems like hubris to flat-out claim so.
- dsl 10y agoBecause all of the teams are building very contrived contraptions to work around them.
- ragebol 10y agoCurrently, the human workers work with those bins. Its easier to make the transition from human to robot labor if they work with the same bins, I presume.