Warehouse Robots at Work

IEEE spectrum (http://spectrum.ieee.org) takes you inside Kiva Systems' robotic warehouse, where orange robots make inventory move instead of workers. Over time the system becomes increasingly efficient, with the robots learning from the wisdom of the crowd.

To read more about Kiva Systems and how their robots work, check out the article at http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jul08/6380.

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[Qw3rtypop]

So if the central computer goes down you'll have no idea where the fuck anything is. Nice.

[Gromitdog1]

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.

[nathenmorris]

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]

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.

[punchthedog]

@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.

[Qw3rtypop]

@zipnn It was a joke and it was a year ago. Get over yourself.

[zipnn]

@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.

[techiedavid]

So it something covers the bar code, like a dead rat, the system is fried.

[ShitWrangler]

@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.

[NewAgeDirector]

Great video keep up the good work.

[bmp456]

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!

[hanlien44]

@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.