Amazon wants to ship you anything in 30 minutes. It’s going to need a lot of robots
5 years, 4 months ago

Amazon wants to ship you anything in 30 minutes. It’s going to need a lot of robots

CNN  

Washington, DC CNN Business — Amazon is burning through billions to get you stuff faster. That’s only possible because of robotics.” Jeff Wilke, Amazon CEO of Worldwide Consumer To continue to speed up delivery times and stay ahead of competitors, Amazon will need even more robots. “There’s no way that works,” recalled Nick Swinmurn, founder of Amazon subsidiary Zappos, of the first time he saw a Kiva robot. “They scaled it very impressively and in a short period of time.” Robots shift from factory floors to the skies Today Amazon’s robot ambitions extend far beyond its fulfillment centers. “We’re still encountering things that we didn’t really consider would be on sidewalks — parked cars, kids’ bicycles,” said Sean Scott, who leads the Amazon Scout program that delivers packages with sidewalk robots.

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How Amazon is trying to make the world fall in love with its robots
5 months, 2 weeks ago

How Amazon is trying to make the world fall in love with its robots

The Independent  

Amazon’s first fully autonomous robot, Proteus, has a lot of responsibilities. In a blog post published last week, in which Amazon voices the Proteus robot, it said that the “first autonomous mobile robot” title is a “fancy way of saying, I’ve got the smarts and technology that allow me to work independently and safely around people. “This means that I …

Amazon launches new warehouses with 10 times the robots
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Amazon launches new warehouses with 10 times the robots

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The company has been gradually increasing the amount and complexity of the robotic systems involved in sending …

Meet Proteus: Amazon unveils autonomous robot designed to move large carts around its warehouses
2 years, 9 months ago

Meet Proteus: Amazon unveils autonomous robot designed to move large carts around its warehouses

Daily Mail  

For the last decade, Amazon has been building an army of robot employees to sort packages and move products safely around its warehouses. Like Amazon's current warehouse robots, Proteus is designed to move large trolleys full of packages around the warehouse floor. Proteus is designed to work alongside humans, moving large trolleys full of packages around the warehouse floor In …

Robots Won’t Close the Warehouse Worker Gap Anytime Soon
3 years, 4 months ago

Robots Won’t Close the Warehouse Worker Gap Anytime Soon

Wired  

This July, Amazon showed off several new warehouse robots with names borrowed from Sesame Street that are, presumably, meant to evoke childhood wonder rather than futuristic dread. The new machines demonstrate the potential for automation to creep into more areas of warehouse and package-sorting work, a critical part of the economy as ecommerce orders soar. Amazon’s prototype robots are not …

As robots take over warehousing, workers pushed to adapt
5 years, 3 months ago

As robots take over warehousing, workers pushed to adapt

LA Times  

Amazon’s orange Kiva robots lift stacks of merchandise and move them to employee stations, eliminating the need for workers to walk around the warehouse searching for items. “It’s a little nerve-racking at first.” Taillon says she’s gotten used to working with robots — something Amazon and its rivals are increasingly requiring warehouse employees to do. Warehouses powered by robotics and …

Walmart turns to robots and apps in stores
6 years, 3 months ago

Walmart turns to robots and apps in stores

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Walmart is turning to new tech to reduce costs and convince shoppers to keep taking trips to the store. Courtesy of Walmart Options for customers Dotcom Store, a new app for workers, will help the company keep shoppers from heading to Amazon when they can’t find something on Walmart’s shelves. The new app, available in …

Grasping Robots Compete to Rule Amazon’s Warehouses
7 years, 8 months ago

Grasping Robots Compete to Rule Amazon’s Warehouses

Wired  

Amazon employs 45,000 robots, but they all have something missing: hands. Robots able to help with so-called picking tasks would boost Amazon’s efficiency—and make it much less reliant on human workers. “They’re getting people to work on a problem they think they will need to solve to stay competitive without needing to hire anyone.” One change Amazon has made to …

How Amazon triggered a robot arms race
8 years, 9 months ago

How Amazon triggered a robot arms race

Live Mint  

New York: An Amazon warehouse is a flurry of activity. He decided to use the robots for Amazon and Amazon alone, ending the sale of Kiva’s products to warehouse operators and retailers that had come to rely on them. “Warehouses are very high tech places,” said Bruce Welty, co-founder and chairman of Locus Robotics, a firm that’s developed bots to …

Autonomous Robots Invade Retail Warehouses
16 years, 2 months ago

Autonomous Robots Invade Retail Warehouses

Wired  

While the humanoid robotic visions of the 1950s have never come to Jetsons-like fruition, less sexy robots have become indispensable parts of many industries and service professions. The success of Kiva Systems could help teams of autonomous robots gain ground outside the computer science lab. "Sure, it’s nice to have robots that can do what the humans can do, but …

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