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So the system requires each subsection of a shelf to have a working weight sensor? Is that really do-able in a shop where the general public will be repeatedly
by joosters 9y ago
So the system requires each subsection of a shelf to have a working weight sensor? Is that really do-able in a shop where the general public will be repeatedly knocking, bashing and generally ill-treating it? Most regular stores that I've been in will have plenty of wonky looking shelves, broken shelf tickets and so on...
If a sensor fails, presumably Amazon is going to lose track of, or at least, lose accuracy in tracking of, some product. The cameras aren't a foolproof backup for this (since, if they were, why bother with the complexity and expense of weight sensors at all?) To me it suggests that these stores are going to need a hell of a lot of maintenance.
- wastedhours 9y agoI'd agree, but we already have the imperfect ones you get from self-service checkouts, and they work a decent enough amount of the time they might suffice? It's the more human element that'll be interesting to me - you see people pick something up and put it back in the wrong place all of the time. Just think about the poor staffer who'll get the "item in the wrong place" ping through their headset every 30 seconds. Am assuming Amazon will use skeleton crews to run these, so they'll be rushed just picking up the pieces (quite literally).
- joosters 9y agoThe self-service checkouts is a good point - but in my experience at least 10% of those are regularly out of service, and they are large systems that are meant to be robust. I can't see how that will scale up to thousands of product lines. As you say though, the staff will probably be far more busy replacing items...