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I think full warehouse automation e.g. Amazon will be the next one to go. As it requires a large amount of labour so there is a lot of possible savings and con
by alexgmcm 7y ago
I think full warehouse automation e.g. Amazon will be the next one to go.
As it requires a large amount of labour so there is a lot of possible savings and consists of repetitive tasks in a controlled environment.
It would also be better PR to have robots than workers in bad conditions (stories about workers urinating in bottles etc. have made headlines in the UK).
- deadbunny 7y agoNot quite amazon scale but we already highly automated warehouses in the UK with Ocado. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJqsdprXF5c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJqsdprXF5c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKrcpa8Z_E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKrcpa8Z_E
- lnsru 7y agoDo robots pick goods from the crates there? Or just the boxes go delivered to picking stations where humans work? It wasn’t clear from the video.
- deadbunny 7y agoAs far as I know they grab the items and bag them, then deliver the filled bags to the loading area. Not sure where the human interaction happens from there.