Seattle Public Library Robotic RFID Book Sorting System

RFID is an exceptional tool

why does this need to be automated?

Think how much all that equipment costs just to sort one single book every 30 seconds. more economic to have labour intensive process.

A person could do it just as fast if not faster, by looking at the cover.

Don't get me wrong though I love robotics.

No - labor is one of the two most expensive process in business. The robotic system is about 1/10 the cost of labor.

Then why isn't it the case that all labor is performed by robots?

Obviously, there's a trade off between the cost of building, maintaining, and powering a robotic system versus hiring someone to do the work.

not cool say no to rifd

Why say no to RFID?

wtf

kool