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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[oldinternets]

So I went to a job interview at Amazon as a warehouse guy, in the middle of the interview the door opens and this robot came in wearing a tie. They immediately hired that thing and I was told to leave.

[HaemessB]

Who fills the shelves?

[GHOSTTOYS]

thats when company howner should draw the line .... i mean is it that hard to hired like 2 or 3 more people .. after that they ask why there is no more job ...

[LiveAndSmokin]

These new systems designed to remove humans from jobs arent as good as they say.

We supply Coles warehousing which has an automated warehouse run by just 2 - 4 people.

Everyone likes to say our jobs are in danger but to make pallets neat enough with all the right barcoding and trims takes roughly a 3rd extra staff in the supplying warehouse (not mentioning the manufacturer) Less jobs in one, more needed in another. In the end you just cant do without people to square away the problems

[myztic123]

flying drones

[GameFreak7744]

Why on earth would you need to constantly program them..?

[GameFreak7744]

One would assume a similar system, albeit in reverse, is used to fill the shelves, no?

[BooGooNFlowoo4Evoo]

good luck doing yearly inventory when these robots malfunction or their location markers fall off...you won't know where the hell your bin locations are!

[BooGooNFlowoo4Evoo]

If you were willing to custom-build a warehouse to accommodate robots, you could have a much more efficient system.

[turkystefan]

Hát elég szomorú hogy ilyenen dolgoznak, ezzel elérik azt, amitől fél minden munkás alkalmazott ember!! Lecserélik az embert ilyen szarokra!!!!!!!!!!!!! így sincs munka!!! a válság tönkre teszi a világot!! Emberek éheznek, számlákat nem tudják fűzetni és még ráadásul ilyen szarokat gyártanak tömegével azért, hogy egyszer oda jussunk, hogy az emberek legyenek a megalázkodó bujdosó kis egerek a föld alatt! Mert a robotok lesznek felettünk!

[mikun1113]

日本だと派遣の仕事がなくなるね。

[CIAyasushi]

この輸送技術はポルシェが特許取ってなかったっけ？？