an engineer is worth 50 warehouse workers any day . 1 job created from 50 loses the math will not add up mass unemployment will happen if we want to continue to advance forward society needs to be restructured :P
unemployment is a direct result of technology and the broken money system in reality all manual labor jobs that can be done by robots should be. Eventually robots will phase out so many jobs people need to survive the only way to deal with this lose will be to get rid of the money system its the way of the future.
Guys guys guys. The monetary system will be a thing of the past. Cause it dosn't work. There will always be a scam as long as we have money. So start thinking in ways that don't use money get use to the idea of transforming this world so we can live together peacefully and more effeciently. And I know its hard but try to think positve. When you think negative your saying you quit before the game is over.
This is what should be happening in society. Higher tech replacing manual labor. What you don't see is the massive high end R&D jobs that made these possible. Then there will be maintenance and improvements. If we were to protect low end jobs we'd never have adopted something so simple and beneficial as the wheel. Your unemployed because someone scammed you and your nation.
@Gromitdog1 Exactly. The jobs that robots replace will create brand new jobs. Engineers need to design and build these robots and technicians need to perform maintenance on them.
@Gromitdog1 then you'll have a society of papered people full of hubris and more entitlement than an angry single mom on the dole. you're prolly one of those doctors referenced on history channel like south park showed.
@Gromitdog1 What do you propose those working in manual labour do once they have been replaced? I love this sort of technology, but it would be foolish to ignore the potential negative impact of it. If a manufacturing company, like Ford for example, could build their vehicles cost effectively without any human input they would do it, and probably will in the near future. What happens to their existing workforce? Total automation will lead to mass unemployment in the manufacturing sector.
It's a shame they don't show how you pay them tens of thousands of dollars to get all their equipment installed so you're dependent on them and then they give you horrible support when their hardware and software fail. It takes multiple calls and E-mails to get any kind of response, let alone any kind of resolution of your issues.
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@JungleUnderground - 3d printing can only make a narrow range of items. If you need an axle for your car, or a flashlight bulb, you're still going to have to get it manufactured by an actual factory. We don't have Star Trek replicators yet, but we do have robots.
hmmm so it speeds things up in the warehouse? hmmm yes maybe but what about when they need to load them on trucks or couriers to deliver to the customer aren't they still going the same pace and also carrying the same number of items? or are they going to hire more couriers to keep pace with the extra workload and have them leave the warehouse more frequently?
@Anton1267 - Extra workload? You're a little fuzzy on this concept of supply and demand, are you? Bottom line: 1/3 the workers can fulfill the same number of orders. Amazon.com won't triple its orders just because they put in a robotic warehouse system, so the existing couriers will suffice (until robotic drivers are practical). But they will be able to fulfill those orders cheaper.
@TheUntrueFantasy - Or look up "just being a silly troll", which you are. Did some warehouse pickers lose their jobs? Yes. But this technology also provides you with cheaper goods, and some people have new jobs, engineering, manufacturing and maintaining the robots. We don't have crews of men digging and paving roads with pick axes and shovels. We have bulldozers and asphalt rollers. Result? Higher paying jobs running the road equipment, and better, cheaper roads for everyone.
@Hivemind5747 - then, I'm pretty sure that makes a mousetrap a robot. It's a machine (a manufactured artifact that performs work) that reacts automatically to sensor (the trip wire attached to the bait) input. You might want to upgrade your definition skills a bit.
VERY BAD IDEA FOR THIS ALREADY UNSTABLE ECONOMY!!!. If most of you wern't obsessed with spending money on everything and demanding everything at once, then we wouldnt need robots! Those jobs are supposed to be for the people, your son or daughter, neece or nephew, your brothers and sisters. Why don't people understand that for everything you buy that you dont need is another dollar less for you, a dollar more for the rich and one more loss of a persons job.
@Canadiantokr420 - what utter nonsense. Automation is evil? Fine. Then you pay fourteen times your taxes to have roads dug with teaspoons and paved with hand trowels. What happened when we automated road construction? We got more roads for less money, and we created better jobs designing, manufacturing, maintaining and running heavy equipment, Do you have any clue how much a pair of jeans would cost you if it were hand-woven and stitched? You might want to rethink your Luddite position.
@younwhosarmy it can either cut the price or keep the price the same and increase the profit for those who own the business. In fact both scenarios are true. Tho its easy to figure out why this is done. Profit is number one priority. Yes, with some minor changes to the price. It boils down to the policy of the company that owns the business. And policies are made by people. So its all about us at the end of it all
@pikerk - the video didn't say anything about cutting costs? Seriously? Are completely mental, or just utterly clueless about business? Robots are extremely expensive? Ever pay a robot overtime? Or sick pay? How about the liability insurance companies have to carry against their own employees? Let alone, salary, taxes, OSHA-compliant equipment, retirement plans... Clue time: Business means cutting costs. Bottom line? If humans were cheaper they wouldn't use robots.
@47f0 I have an MBA. Business does not have to mean cutting costs. If Revenue - Cost = Profit, profit will not increase by cutting costs if revenue is zero. Retailers report sales figures, not cost figures. The news will say "Macy's same-store sales up 6% this quarter"...not "Macy's cut costs by 6%." One of america's largest retailers is installing this in a warehouse to fulfill orders quicker, thereby earning repeat business and increasing revenue. The test is are they BETTER....not cheaper.
@pikerk - meh. My daughter-in-law has an MBA - but I go elsewhere for my advice. Slashing cost has been the American business mantra for decades. Fire the American workers, hire the Indonesians. It's a simple equation, and one which those who graduated at the bottom of your MBA curriculum find attractive. Seriously - how many people have gotten wealthy acquiring businesses and firing many of the staff? You can fulfill an order as quickly with human pickers - but can you do it as cheaply?
@younwhosarmy The video didn't say anything about cutting costs. In fact, these robots are extremely expensive. The goal is to "fulfill orders faster" (according to the video)....and as a result, earn repeat business.
as time moves on the robots become smarter and smarter. a friend of me got murdered by a robot, the police havent found out who it was yet but i think it was the one on 2:49 in this video
The only way replacing humans with robots will be able to be sustained is by equally releasing more resources to people. Otherwise the people in control will continue to hold all the resources and homelessness and poverty will increase.
@Qw3rtypop Unless you have advanced A.I which is where we are going if you look at Ray Kurtzweild and his work on singularity as well as redundency built in.
@Qw3rtypop And if the postal system computer went down you would have no fucking idea where to send the stuff. your logic is retarded, i bet all 24 who gave you thumbs up is simple low-paid warehouse workers.
if there arent enough jobs people should have less children, and people shouldn't be greedy and share the wealth so that everyones standards of living go up and we can be human we won't need wars and we won't have disease
@JAZZI393049 couldn't agree more, wonder why that idiot called you an idiot, what an idiot.
Everyone should have just 1 child in this first world democracy. Their would almost immediately be a visible slacking of the pressure on human resources.
if there arent enough jobs people should have less children, and people shouldn't be greedy and share the wealth so that everyones standards of living go up and we can be human
Stand at a station and verify the product that the robot is bringing to them or scan and put the product into the bins the robot brings.
We've actually hired more people, not less / lay people off.
There are exceptions to everything though.
You seem to like robots, being as you're on one. Not having a computer and getting out in the public or sending letters and mail would provide jobs too, but we all know that won't happen.
Technology....adapt & grow with it or don't use it at all.
@SamsSpaghetti /facepalm I fucking know that. who makes the robots? who Designs the robots? who maintains the robots? you're out of your damn mind if you think that robots do all of that. robots are used in the process of actually constructing other robots but who do you think does everything else. also I suggest you look into outsourcing and how it is a much more legitimate thing to be concerned about.
@SamsSpaghetti I also share this concern but I think we have more of a problem with losing jobs to outsourcing than we do with losing jobs to robots robots. People need to design, build, and maintain robots so there are at least some jobs in place with the use of robots unlike outsourcing which just takes jobs, productivity, and economic value from the country that outsources.
@SamsSpaghetti computers don't make mistakes but the programmers can overlook problems with their code etc. I was more concerned with how efficient the process is assuming the program has no bugs
Trains and trucks are more efficient than horses, so does that mean they're costing us jobs and that we should go back to the 1800's way of transporting goods? Dummies
Those who feel automation will not effect skilled or white collar jobs need to understand the masses of unemployed workers who are displaced by technology will depress their wages once retrained.
As productivity increases the net cost of labour drops but the floor remains energy and material costs. Once reach a point that wages fall behind the rise of commodity prices the ecconomy will stagnate.
Its already happening isn't it .
GDP growth, rising unemployement and dropping consumer spending
Technology is great, it's government-forced public-funded education that's the problem. Taxpayers are having to pay for the $10-15k/student/year cost and the kids aren't getting usable skills, wasting time on shit like reading Scarlett Letter or The Crucible, and other impractical mostly unused information. Private-funded schools are the solution, both cheaper AND better education.
This kind of stuff freaks me out. I'm studying to be a mechanical engineer and I love it and everything, but i don't want to be responsible for people loosing their jobs like this....even if it is cool as hell.....damn I wish I could make something like that :P
@northerbrewer To be honest that is the least comforting thing I've heard in a while. I don't really know how you feel, but I'm kind of interested since i could very well be in the same boat as you in two years.
I have watched how in the past 15 years things have advanced with a speed and complexity that has left me in the dust.
15 years ago I was building robotic mining equipment that used P1 based PLCs and ladder logic. The machines were clumsy and slow compared to machines with opperators in them but the pay back for not having an opperator was there.
Today they use processors I don't recognize, do floating point math and use language I don't understand.
@robotnik77 Hardly difficult to understand, his English is better and clearer than many accent variations spoken by us English -if you can't cope with that I wouldn't stray outside your own state!
To all the technophobes - Skynet is coming. John Connor won't save you. Fear technology - do everything by hand. Be ready for an earthquake on the Ring of Fire, you know, that small area that stretches from Alaska to New Zealand and eastern Asia. These comments are so funny - almost as fun to read as the Kiva 'bots are to watch in action.
I'll bet a magnitude 6+ earthquake anywhere along the Pacific Ring of Fire would turn a Kiva robotic warehouse into total shambles. Har-de-har-har! Humans with conventional conveyor and shelving systems would still be able to work around cracked and buckled concrete slab floors, but not these digital morons.
wonderful, I would love to watch a huge warehouse with thousands of these robots, while they are all queing for the elevator
what happens if there is a queu for the charger, a few robots waiting run out of power, the charged robot can't get out anymore and in a day, the whole warehouse will be ruined.
interesting idea, of course there still needs to be several decades of research and advancements in battery/robotics technology to ever replace an order picker for grocery distribution using pallets and rider jacks. Makin my 16 plus bux for a few more years until the droids take over...silly simple minded software soldiers
Thats why skills are important, your average joe has nothing to offer an employer. Since a robot can do it better them him, for a fraction of the cost. But i do agree with you.
eh, i might have misread that as sarcasm, lol. anyways, i think we agree here. the more shitty jobs are made irrelevant, the more productive job opportunities can be created.
i'm not going to lie its a GREAT IDEA for someone who runs the company but someone who needs the job /money it is not. just like company's who cut hours so they wont have to pay OVER TIME. So they make 2nd shifts they get more work done because open longer but aint paying over time.
Yea thats way better. Just I saw that some people lost their job because company bought new machine, it can work automatically instead of that people.
Imagine a world where nobody needs to work anymore. Wouldn' t that be great? The system needs to change (The money and welfare-system) because it is impossible to get everybody a decent job! Its the next logical step. I am happy to see robots do these boring jobs! So we the people can do the more important things: Spending time with family and friends and being more creative!
Because the robots dou the work for us, they create 'Value'. This value should go to the robot owner wich should pay the people who are unemployed. Ether this or an organization shold pay all people a minimum amount for living. They could just create the money in balance with the econimic value these robots create. There may be other solutions, but it should be clear, that our actual system of employment and automization does not work, but it keeps the politicians in power.
@Spunkmeyer32 LOL, you just described exactly how unemployment benefits work. I'm confused though, you suggest we keep doing exactly what we are, then say that it doesn't work, whaaaa?!?!
@c0unterph0bia Thats not true. The solution I described differs from the actual system. Or are the unemployed REALY payed the values wich automation creates?
@Spunkmeyer32 That doesn't make any sense! If the unemployed are paid the value which automation creates, then what's the incentive for the factory owner? Why would a factory owner invest money in more efficient production, when there's no reward for him doing so?
@c0unterph0bia You are right. There have to be a reward. So, lets say, 70% or any other number below 100% (There may be studies that show which reward is enough to drive automation). That should be a win-win situation.
Imagine a small scale example: I and 20 People live on own land and produce own food, etc. If we invent some mechanism to improve production, we would still have the same standard of living but more time on our hands! win-win!
Coulnd't agree more. Having machines do work for us should *increase* the overall wealth of society. Yet we found a way to make that into a problem. Hence, the system is what's flawed, not robots "taking our jobs".
The word sabotage supposedly comes from the 15th century when dutch workers kept throwing their wooden shoes (sabots) into the textile looms that were putting them out of work. Nothing new here; now move along.
I wouldn't worry too much about losing your job to one of these... warehouse workers aren't that expensive anyways, not really more expensive than a robotic warehouse. Big warehouses will probably start to be automated however.
I think it's stupid. It would have been easier to organize pictures on computer screen, and have a better system for keeping track of inventory when nit's gone. Also RFID tags could help. But this idea of complex machinery bringing you each item you want to look at doesn't seem cost effective. But it was interesting to see.
ESCK21, you SOOO naive. Companies don't employ people to be philanthropic. They employ people to make money. It's a means to an end. So, if a company can make more money by employing fewer people why wouldn't they do it? My job, as a good employee, is to make more money for my boss(es). That way I become more valuable and, in turn, I make more money.
I can hear all the buggy whip makers rolling in their graves. This is progress. People will lose their jobs, but it will free the labor pool to work in other areas. Ever since the industrial revolution workers have been migrating from labor to service-oriented work. Losing your job is a transition, not a death sentence.
It's ideas like this that make millions of dollars. There is so many other fields that could benefit from innovation like this, all we need are good inventors, and lots of problems to fix.
We have these where I work. I love them! They are amazing, oh, and we didn't lay people off either, it just boosted our efficiency. They really are neat to work with
Its even more energetically inefficient to cool and light the areas which people now no longer need to access. Also, the alternative is some sort of noisy, always-consuming-power conveyor belt.
If they can push shelves around then why can't they push paper around? I'm waiting for the robo mailer that way we can fire all the government employees and the cost of a stamp will drop to next to nothing! WhooHoo!
Those who worry about robots taking jobs, don't worry, as technology improves education also improves and more people will be capable of doing more specialized and skilled blue-collar and white-collar work. Although robots won't do all our work for us anytime soon, in the long-term this will give everyone in society a higher standard of living.
an engineer is worth 50 warehouse workers any day . 1 job created from 50 loses the math will not add up mass unemployment will happen if we want to continue to advance forward society needs to be restructured :P
nathenmorris 2 weeks ago
unemployment is a direct result of technology and the broken money system in reality all manual labor jobs that can be done by robots should be. Eventually robots will phase out so many jobs people need to survive the only way to deal with this lose will be to get rid of the money system its the way of the future.
nathenmorris 2 weeks ago
So it something covers the bar code, like a dead rat, the system is fried.
techiedavid 1 month ago
Great video keep up the good work.
NewAgeDirector 2 months ago
This clearly violates robot rights. They are working in 3 by 3 spaces with no pay. I'm going to report this to the department of mechanical rights!
bmp456 2 months ago
This is how it starts. A cute little robot to perform a few simple tasks.
Next thing you know, HAL is refusing to open the Pod Bay Doors while Skynet is marching down the street...
Waltham1892 2 months ago
Guys guys guys. The monetary system will be a thing of the past. Cause it dosn't work. There will always be a scam as long as we have money. So start thinking in ways that don't use money get use to the idea of transforming this world so we can live together peacefully and more effeciently. And I know its hard but try to think positve. When you think negative your saying you quit before the game is over.
cwbokie 3 months ago 2
This is what should be happening in society. Higher tech replacing manual labor. What you don't see is the massive high end R&D jobs that made these possible. Then there will be maintenance and improvements. If we were to protect low end jobs we'd never have adopted something so simple and beneficial as the wheel. Your unemployed because someone scammed you and your nation.
Gromitdog1 4 months ago 4
@Gromitdog1 Exactly. The jobs that robots replace will create brand new jobs. Engineers need to design and build these robots and technicians need to perform maintenance on them.
hanlien44 2 months ago
@Gromitdog1 then you'll have a society of papered people full of hubris and more entitlement than an angry single mom on the dole. you're prolly one of those doctors referenced on history channel like south park showed.
ShitWrangler 2 months ago
@Gromitdog1 What do you propose those working in manual labour do once they have been replaced? I love this sort of technology, but it would be foolish to ignore the potential negative impact of it. If a manufacturing company, like Ford for example, could build their vehicles cost effectively without any human input they would do it, and probably will in the near future. What happens to their existing workforce? Total automation will lead to mass unemployment in the manufacturing sector.
punchthedog 4 weeks ago in playlist Robots
......whyd i picture all the robots talking british to eachother....
xTheDeathSaintx 4 months ago
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OH FUCK, OH FUCK, OH FUCK.
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SuperKittyPancake 5 months ago
And there goes your job!
damian27ish 5 months ago
satisfied consumering.
reel1840 5 months ago
It's a shame they don't show how you pay them tens of thousands of dollars to get all their equipment installed so you're dependent on them and then they give you horrible support when their hardware and software fail. It takes multiple calls and E-mails to get any kind of response, let alone any kind of resolution of your issues.
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oh come on,,,
a real person is better motion than use a robotic
bestamerica 6 months ago
For some this is great for now, but 3d printing & helping to make stuff yourselves is the way forward. Peace.
JungleUnderground 8 months ago
@JungleUnderground - 3d printing can only make a narrow range of items. If you need an axle for your car, or a flashlight bulb, you're still going to have to get it manufactured by an actual factory. We don't have Star Trek replicators yet, but we do have robots.
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JungleUnderground 8 months ago
hmmm so it speeds things up in the warehouse? hmmm yes maybe but what about when they need to load them on trucks or couriers to deliver to the customer aren't they still going the same pace and also carrying the same number of items? or are they going to hire more couriers to keep pace with the extra workload and have them leave the warehouse more frequently?
Anton1267 8 months ago
@Anton1267 - Extra workload? You're a little fuzzy on this concept of supply and demand, are you? Bottom line: 1/3 the workers can fulfill the same number of orders. Amazon.com won't triple its orders just because they put in a robotic warehouse system, so the existing couriers will suffice (until robotic drivers are practical). But they will be able to fulfill those orders cheaper.
47f0 5 months ago
Thats fucking amazing
MissesIsAMR 9 months ago
OMG techoligy is taking our jobs, they took our jobs, took our jobs hehehe. Look up the ,,zeitgeist Movement,, or ,, The venus project,,
peace :)
TheUntrueFantasy 11 months ago
@TheUntrueFantasy - Or look up "just being a silly troll", which you are. Did some warehouse pickers lose their jobs? Yes. But this technology also provides you with cheaper goods, and some people have new jobs, engineering, manufacturing and maintaining the robots. We don't have crews of men digging and paving roads with pick axes and shovels. We have bulldozers and asphalt rollers. Result? Higher paying jobs running the road equipment, and better, cheaper roads for everyone.
47f0 5 months ago
I'll forgive the obsolescence of human laborers if the robots are equipped with speakers and shout EXTERMINATE all day long.
skooma728 11 months ago 2
A few machines with wheels, sensors and a little program and they already call it robots lol
floxq 1 year ago
@floxq Robots don't have to be complex. Any machine that reacts automatically to sensor input is a robot :)
Hivemind5747 9 months ago
@Hivemind5747 - then, I'm pretty sure that makes a mousetrap a robot. It's a machine (a manufactured artifact that performs work) that reacts automatically to sensor (the trip wire attached to the bait) input. You might want to upgrade your definition skills a bit.
47f0 5 months ago
first robots take over our jobs then the world
Ancavge 1 year ago
VERY BAD IDEA FOR THIS ALREADY UNSTABLE ECONOMY!!!. If most of you wern't obsessed with spending money on everything and demanding everything at once, then we wouldnt need robots! Those jobs are supposed to be for the people, your son or daughter, neece or nephew, your brothers and sisters. Why don't people understand that for everything you buy that you dont need is another dollar less for you, a dollar more for the rich and one more loss of a persons job.
Canadiantokr420 1 year ago
@Canadiantokr420 - what utter nonsense. Automation is evil? Fine. Then you pay fourteen times your taxes to have roads dug with teaspoons and paved with hand trowels. What happened when we automated road construction? We got more roads for less money, and we created better jobs designing, manufacturing, maintaining and running heavy equipment, Do you have any clue how much a pair of jeans would cost you if it were hand-woven and stitched? You might want to rethink your Luddite position.
47f0 5 months ago
Shouldn't this cut prices; if it cut's the overhead for the company?
younwhosarmy 1 year ago
@younwhosarmy it can either cut the price or keep the price the same and increase the profit for those who own the business. In fact both scenarios are true. Tho its easy to figure out why this is done. Profit is number one priority. Yes, with some minor changes to the price. It boils down to the policy of the company that owns the business. And policies are made by people. So its all about us at the end of it all
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pikerk 1 year ago
@pikerk - the video didn't say anything about cutting costs? Seriously? Are completely mental, or just utterly clueless about business? Robots are extremely expensive? Ever pay a robot overtime? Or sick pay? How about the liability insurance companies have to carry against their own employees? Let alone, salary, taxes, OSHA-compliant equipment, retirement plans... Clue time: Business means cutting costs. Bottom line? If humans were cheaper they wouldn't use robots.
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pikerk 5 months ago
@47f0 I have an MBA. Business does not have to mean cutting costs. If Revenue - Cost = Profit, profit will not increase by cutting costs if revenue is zero. Retailers report sales figures, not cost figures. The news will say "Macy's same-store sales up 6% this quarter"...not "Macy's cut costs by 6%." One of america's largest retailers is installing this in a warehouse to fulfill orders quicker, thereby earning repeat business and increasing revenue. The test is are they BETTER....not cheaper.
pikerk 5 months ago
@pikerk - meh. My daughter-in-law has an MBA - but I go elsewhere for my advice. Slashing cost has been the American business mantra for decades. Fire the American workers, hire the Indonesians. It's a simple equation, and one which those who graduated at the bottom of your MBA curriculum find attractive. Seriously - how many people have gotten wealthy acquiring businesses and firing many of the staff? You can fulfill an order as quickly with human pickers - but can you do it as cheaply?
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@younwhosarmy The video didn't say anything about cutting costs. In fact, these robots are extremely expensive. The goal is to "fulfill orders faster" (according to the video)....and as a result, earn repeat business.
pikerk 1 year ago
as time moves on the robots become smarter and smarter. a friend of me got murdered by a robot, the police havent found out who it was yet but i think it was the one on 2:49 in this video
zephyrosss 1 year ago
The only way replacing humans with robots will be able to be sustained is by equally releasing more resources to people. Otherwise the people in control will continue to hold all the resources and homelessness and poverty will increase.
IcarusFlying 1 year ago
I wonder when the robots are going to invent new things instead of the human
draanexle 1 year ago
this is lame!
check out AutoStore Logistic
hatteland 1 year ago
So if the central computer goes down you'll have no idea where the fuck anything is. Nice.
Qw3rtypop 1 year ago 23
@Qw3rtypop They do have databases
alejandr0187 1 year ago
@Qw3rtypop BTW, in big warehouses this is the case even without robots.
SwisssBolla 1 year ago 2
@Qw3rtypop Unless you have advanced A.I which is where we are going if you look at Ray Kurtzweild and his work on singularity as well as redundency built in.
fibbsabaddy 10 months ago
@Qw3rtypop good point
and talk about down time
croquis24 9 months ago
@Qw3rtypop
Fear, fear & more fear which you don't know will definitely happen. Stop whining.
JungleUnderground 8 months ago
@JungleUnderground
When it gets to 6 months wouldn't you say it's past the point where someone can make a snappy comeback?
Besides it was just a joke. You need to relax.
Qw3rtypop 8 months ago
@Qw3rtypop That's when you go fishing lol
johnnyfarnham 7 months ago
@Qw3rtypop Using this robots made all operations 4x times faster. I think it worth it.
Martiooon 3 months ago
@Martiooon
It was a joke ಠ_ಠ
Qw3rtypop 3 months ago
@Qw3rtypop And if the postal system computer went down you would have no fucking idea where to send the stuff. your logic is retarded, i bet all 24 who gave you thumbs up is simple low-paid warehouse workers.
zipnn 4 weeks ago
@zipnn It was a joke and it was a year ago. Get over yourself.
Qw3rtypop 4 weeks ago
derberder
boomy16 1 year ago
Damn. brilliant
yaregod 1 year ago
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gokhanzer 1 year ago
it's the end of the world as we know it it's the end of the world as we know it.
Pimentel660 1 year ago
@Pimentel660 You wish.
jtre1 1 year ago
if there arent enough jobs people should have less children, and people shouldn't be greedy and share the wealth so that everyones standards of living go up and we can be human we won't need wars and we won't have disease
JAZZI393049 1 year ago
@JAZZI393049 your a idiot.
Pimentel660 1 year ago
@Pimentel660 You are, or You're an idiot! Get it right so you don't look like an idiot.
metrOjedi 1 year ago
@JAZZI393049 couldn't agree more, wonder why that idiot called you an idiot, what an idiot.
Everyone should have just 1 child in this first world democracy. Their would almost immediately be a visible slacking of the pressure on human resources.
metrOjedi 1 year ago
if there arent enough jobs people should have less children, and people shouldn't be greedy and share the wealth so that everyones standards of living go up and we can be human
JAZZI393049 1 year ago
Stand at a station and verify the product that the robot is bringing to them or scan and put the product into the bins the robot brings.
We've actually hired more people, not less / lay people off.
There are exceptions to everything though.
You seem to like robots, being as you're on one. Not having a computer and getting out in the public or sending letters and mail would provide jobs too, but we all know that won't happen.
Technology....adapt & grow with it or don't use it at all.
ShippSwing 1 year ago
they will take your products back to the hill and eat them..
kakureru 1 year ago
@SamsSpaghetti I cant reason with you. im done
veryhighsamurai 1 year ago
@SamsSpaghetti /facepalm I fucking know that. who makes the robots? who Designs the robots? who maintains the robots? you're out of your damn mind if you think that robots do all of that. robots are used in the process of actually constructing other robots but who do you think does everything else. also I suggest you look into outsourcing and how it is a much more legitimate thing to be concerned about.
veryhighsamurai 1 year ago
@SamsSpaghetti I also share this concern but I think we have more of a problem with losing jobs to outsourcing than we do with losing jobs to robots robots. People need to design, build, and maintain robots so there are at least some jobs in place with the use of robots unlike outsourcing which just takes jobs, productivity, and economic value from the country that outsources.
veryhighsamurai 1 year ago
@SamsSpaghetti computers don't make mistakes but the programmers can overlook problems with their code etc. I was more concerned with how efficient the process is assuming the program has no bugs
veryhighsamurai 1 year ago
beautiful on so many levels. but is it really efficient?
veryhighsamurai 1 year ago
I love it.
DonAlonzo 1 year ago
Haha at the bot crossing sign and how do you charge all these robots, doesnt the maintenance of all this become a pain in the ass?
walkingjohnnie 1 year ago
Why don't you just walk across the room yourself? Quicker, cheaper.
oingoinegro 1 year ago
Trains and trucks are more efficient than horses, so does that mean they're costing us jobs and that we should go back to the 1800's way of transporting goods? Dummies
veryslyfox 1 year ago
Nice concept!! . loved it.
ramaprasanna 1 year ago
watch Zeitgeist Addendum, you'll like what you see :D
javonne 1 year ago
i think that they 17 guy's/she's dislike this video will be unemployed from him/her job's xD
TheMonoxsk8 1 year ago
"We Are The ROBOTS....deet-deet-deet-deet...."
I found this amongst a bunch of KRAFTWERK videos. KooL! :]
ROBOTkw1 1 year ago
dey took our jobs!
johnforrestboone1 1 year ago
DURK ER JUR!!
Mr6lbR 1 year ago
DEY TUK OUR JOBS!
mutantarachnid 1 year ago 40
@mutantarachnid
DER DERRK ERR DEERRR
31337M4N 1 year ago
@31337M4N DERK ER DERBBBBBBBBB
mutantarachnid 1 year ago
Those who feel automation will not effect skilled or white collar jobs need to understand the masses of unemployed workers who are displaced by technology will depress their wages once retrained.
As productivity increases the net cost of labour drops but the floor remains energy and material costs. Once reach a point that wages fall behind the rise of commodity prices the ecconomy will stagnate.
Its already happening isn't it .
GDP growth, rising unemployement and dropping consumer spending
northerbrewer 1 year ago
Technology is great, it's government-forced public-funded education that's the problem. Taxpayers are having to pay for the $10-15k/student/year cost and the kids aren't getting usable skills, wasting time on shit like reading Scarlett Letter or The Crucible, and other impractical mostly unused information. Private-funded schools are the solution, both cheaper AND better education.
hughtub 1 year ago
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randomlaughingman 1 year ago
These robots stole my fancy job...
safapresley 1 year ago
This kind of stuff freaks me out. I'm studying to be a mechanical engineer and I love it and everything, but i don't want to be responsible for people loosing their jobs like this....even if it is cool as hell.....damn I wish I could make something like that :P
Scerab 1 year ago
@Scerab
How do you think I feel?
I'm an industrial electrician that automates things.....
northerbrewer 1 year ago
@northerbrewer To be honest that is the least comforting thing I've heard in a while. I don't really know how you feel, but I'm kind of interested since i could very well be in the same boat as you in two years.
Scerab 1 year ago
@Scerab
I have watched how in the past 15 years things have advanced with a speed and complexity that has left me in the dust.
15 years ago I was building robotic mining equipment that used P1 based PLCs and ladder logic. The machines were clumsy and slow compared to machines with opperators in them but the pay back for not having an opperator was there.
Today they use processors I don't recognize, do floating point math and use language I don't understand.
Speed / performace WOW
I worry
northerbrewer 1 year ago
caution robot crossing !
what happens if something gets in their way?
mikeccuk2006 1 year ago
Obesity is coming!
EssentialRationality 1 year ago
Why don't they use a native English speaker in this video?
That would be helpful.
robotnik77 1 year ago
@robotnik77 Hardly difficult to understand, his English is better and clearer than many accent variations spoken by us English -if you can't cope with that I wouldn't stray outside your own state!
CoyoteBoyUK 1 year ago
perfect music for it :D
DusterPanCake 1 year ago
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gunman806 1 year ago
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gunman806 1 year ago
can I have few of those pls
tzeqin 1 year ago
They can also deliver Pink Slips to former warehouse workers with uncanny accuracy! Great system.
ercost60 1 year ago
They will take over the world in 2020.
Flashtoorev 1 year ago
Robots need jobs too.
c0unterph0bia 1 year ago
To all the technophobes - Skynet is coming. John Connor won't save you. Fear technology - do everything by hand. Be ready for an earthquake on the Ring of Fire, you know, that small area that stretches from Alaska to New Zealand and eastern Asia. These comments are so funny - almost as fun to read as the Kiva 'bots are to watch in action.
palladinsolutions 1 year ago
WAALLLLL - E!!!
jaimetrevino420 1 year ago
They took my job!
2toneskin 1 year ago
I'll bet a magnitude 6+ earthquake anywhere along the Pacific Ring of Fire would turn a Kiva robotic warehouse into total shambles. Har-de-har-har! Humans with conventional conveyor and shelving systems would still be able to work around cracked and buckled concrete slab floors, but not these digital morons.
upajos 1 year ago
wonderful, I would love to watch a huge warehouse with thousands of these robots, while they are all queing for the elevator
what happens if there is a queu for the charger, a few robots waiting run out of power, the charged robot can't get out anymore and in a day, the whole warehouse will be ruined.
but that won't happen
wessellonus 1 year ago
Peanuts... look at this watch?v=_WjAUrc-jhA :)
Slurfs 1 year ago
lol cant wait to see the day when mcdonalds is taken over by robots
Bailey2468 1 year ago 2
better than niggers
passwordsmithsonian 1 year ago
@Bailey2468 NOOOOOOOOOOO please don't say that! LOL
hhocar 1 year ago
interesting idea, of course there still needs to be several decades of research and advancements in battery/robotics technology to ever replace an order picker for grocery distribution using pallets and rider jacks. Makin my 16 plus bux for a few more years until the droids take over...silly simple minded software soldiers
Supafreak666 1 year ago
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Robots can't buy... That is the reason of the global crisis. Who is going to buy all those stuffs?
Money that doesn't flow doesn't benefit anybody.
rodjori 2 years ago
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rodjori 2 years ago
@rodjori What Global crisis?
unseenxxx 2 years ago
Thats why skills are important, your average joe has nothing to offer an employer. Since a robot can do it better them him, for a fraction of the cost. But i do agree with you.
Corblex 2 years ago
lazy fucks.
NineTailsDemonFox 2 years ago
More of the easy jobs taken by fucking robots
Knowwon249 2 years ago
They are not "taken by", they're "given to". That's capitalism in action
rincewind888 2 years ago
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surgictube 1 year ago
eh, i might have misread that as sarcasm, lol. anyways, i think we agree here. the more shitty jobs are made irrelevant, the more productive job opportunities can be created.
surgictube 1 year ago
increases accuracey, whilst also increasing calories. lazy workers.
XANDERXXZ 2 years ago
Really cool!
brukins 2 years ago
i'm not going to lie its a GREAT IDEA for someone who runs the company but someone who needs the job /money it is not. just like company's who cut hours so they wont have to pay OVER TIME. So they make 2nd shifts they get more work done because open longer but aint paying over time.
ALMIGHTYIGZ 2 years ago
Bad idea, it is creating unemployment
vbp222 2 years ago
@vbp222 Yeah back to middleages is way better!
Spunkmeyer32 2 years ago
Yea thats way better. Just I saw that some people lost their job because company bought new machine, it can work automatically instead of that people.
Is that fair?
vbp222 2 years ago
Imagine a world where nobody needs to work anymore. Wouldn' t that be great? The system needs to change (The money and welfare-system) because it is impossible to get everybody a decent job! Its the next logical step. I am happy to see robots do these boring jobs! So we the people can do the more important things: Spending time with family and friends and being more creative!
Spunkmeyer32 2 years ago
What about money ?
how people will get money then?
Everybody is not rich that they can just sit in home and enjoy.
vbp222 2 years ago
Because the robots dou the work for us, they create 'Value'. This value should go to the robot owner wich should pay the people who are unemployed. Ether this or an organization shold pay all people a minimum amount for living. They could just create the money in balance with the econimic value these robots create. There may be other solutions, but it should be clear, that our actual system of employment and automization does not work, but it keeps the politicians in power.
Spunkmeyer32 2 years ago
@Spunkmeyer32 LOL, you just described exactly how unemployment benefits work. I'm confused though, you suggest we keep doing exactly what we are, then say that it doesn't work, whaaaa?!?!
c0unterph0bia 1 year ago
@c0unterph0bia Thats not true. The solution I described differs from the actual system. Or are the unemployed REALY payed the values wich automation creates?
Spunkmeyer32 1 year ago
@Spunkmeyer32 That doesn't make any sense! If the unemployed are paid the value which automation creates, then what's the incentive for the factory owner? Why would a factory owner invest money in more efficient production, when there's no reward for him doing so?
c0unterph0bia 1 year ago
@c0unterph0bia You are right. There have to be a reward. So, lets say, 70% or any other number below 100% (There may be studies that show which reward is enough to drive automation). That should be a win-win situation.
Imagine a small scale example: I and 20 People live on own land and produce own food, etc. If we invent some mechanism to improve production, we would still have the same standard of living but more time on our hands! win-win!
Spunkmeyer32 1 year ago 3
Coulnd't agree more. Having machines do work for us should *increase* the overall wealth of society. Yet we found a way to make that into a problem. Hence, the system is what's flawed, not robots "taking our jobs".
rincewind888 2 years ago 34
@rincewind888 I agree. The problem is not "too many robots". It is "Too many people"
Benrockn247 1 year ago
The word sabotage supposedly comes from the 15th century when dutch workers kept throwing their wooden shoes (sabots) into the textile looms that were putting them out of work. Nothing new here; now move along.
japanesegeta 2 years ago
like i always say whats good for them might not be good for us,
ALMIGHTYIGZ 2 years ago
Nice but this system is smarter v=yLRfsTPPAcU
Slurfs 2 years ago
lol orbots will rule the world one day
Numero103 2 years ago
cool useful, but boring
funrizwan 2 years ago
cool indeed
szikko 2 years ago
OMG! robots are stealing our jobs! next they will learn to talk and steal our woman! 0_o lol!
patsybob 2 years ago
this is much better than humans. less mistakes will be made.
opticon12000 2 years ago 7
It doesn't really look faster though. It just looks like the worker doesn't have to move, which isn't really a good thing.
It could be useful though, but they should go get it as soon as the order is there, instead of waiting for the guy to request it.
realisticHomeboy 2 years ago
ahhhh robots willl take over lol...
no seruisly <---------mispelled
fishypeeduckypoo 2 years ago
I wouldn't worry too much about losing your job to one of these... warehouse workers aren't that expensive anyways, not really more expensive than a robotic warehouse. Big warehouses will probably start to be automated however.
R0773N 2 years ago
Well maybe you should consider how much more efficient you can utilize a given amount of warehouse workers! - It's always worth it!
Slurfs 2 years ago
I think it's stupid. It would have been easier to organize pictures on computer screen, and have a better system for keeping track of inventory when nit's gone. Also RFID tags could help. But this idea of complex machinery bringing you each item you want to look at doesn't seem cost effective. But it was interesting to see.
hooflicker1 2 years ago
automatics tock towers are more efficent
All these driving shells look like waste of time and energy.
e0430051 2 years ago
WTF !! I will need a new job, because of this robot will take over my job T_T
Wishperman 2 years ago
Seriously. I can't imagine unemployment stabilizing with these as competition.
luckscut 2 years ago
That's terribly cool. The latency of getting an order to the picker seems like it would be an issue, especially for low piece count orders.
The self organizing stuff is brilliantly simple.
madwilliamflint 2 years ago
ESCK21, you SOOO naive. Companies don't employ people to be philanthropic. They employ people to make money. It's a means to an end. So, if a company can make more money by employing fewer people why wouldn't they do it? My job, as a good employee, is to make more money for my boss(es). That way I become more valuable and, in turn, I make more money.
MIKHAEL47776 2 years ago 3
he's right though. it will take a lot of jobs.
HolyDiverMjolnir 2 years ago
I can hear all the buggy whip makers rolling in their graves. This is progress. People will lose their jobs, but it will free the labor pool to work in other areas. Ever since the industrial revolution workers have been migrating from labor to service-oriented work. Losing your job is a transition, not a death sentence.
MaxaminusOne 2 years ago 2
It's ideas like this that make millions of dollars. There is so many other fields that could benefit from innovation like this, all we need are good inventors, and lots of problems to fix.
AV3NG3R00 2 years ago 2
this will take people jobs.
esck21 2 years ago
We have these where I work. I love them! They are amazing, oh, and we didn't lay people off either, it just boosted our efficiency. They really are neat to work with
ShippSwing 2 years ago 6
how much did it cost you guys?
khi021 2 years ago
Not sure to be honest, but I heard we are steadily increasing our bot force! Peak season :D Woot!
ShippSwing 2 years ago
Very NICE! at least this will greatly diminish wrong orders in the mail/shipping package.
khi021 2 years ago
It is so energetically inefficient to move whole shelf. But awesome anyway.
TokamakPl 2 years ago
Its even more energetically inefficient to cool and light the areas which people now no longer need to access. Also, the alternative is some sort of noisy, always-consuming-power conveyor belt.
ThrustVectoring 2 years ago
@ThrustVectoring They are very quiet. Also power off when not in use to conserve energy. I love these guys
ShippSwing 1 year ago
If they can push shelves around then why can't they push paper around? I'm waiting for the robo mailer that way we can fire all the government employees and the cost of a stamp will drop to next to nothing! WhooHoo!
microchrome 2 years ago
That's a super good idea.
jtoznel 2 years ago
Those who worry about robots taking jobs, don't worry, as technology improves education also improves and more people will be capable of doing more specialized and skilled blue-collar and white-collar work. Although robots won't do all our work for us anytime soon, in the long-term this will give everyone in society a higher standard of living.
MadPutz 2 years ago 21
I hope, robots will take jobs. I really hope so.
mariusmtm 2 years ago 3
yeah me 2
yourealiti 2 years ago
also check out venus project
screenflicker1 2 years ago
I also think robots will be a benefit to society
iurak6868 2 years ago