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I can't help but think that both of those jobs (warehouse/delivery) will be obsoleted in the near future with the development of more advanced robotics.
by stevenwei 14y ago
I can't help but think that both of those jobs (warehouse/delivery) will be obsoleted in the near future with the development of more advanced robotics.
- abalashov 14y agoMaybe, but technocratic types have been proclaiming the imminent death of human involvement in logistics, at the hands of robotics, for many, many years now.
- jrabone 14y agoSome Amazon FCs are already fully automated (Marston Gate in Luton, UK for example), and they recently bought Kiva Systems for $775 million, who do just that (http://techland.time.com/2012/03/21/amazons-775-million-acquisition-of-kiva-systems-could-shift-how-businesses-see-robots/ http://techland.time.com/2012/03/21/amazons-775-million-acqu...)