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Amazon: Robots spread but 'we still need humans'
The world’s population is just about eight billion now. Amazon handles about five billion packages a year, or over 13 million boxes a day. Though the company has over 1.6 million employees, that’s still too many packages to handle only by humans. So how is Amazon handling that many boxes and delivering them to the customers? In fact, there are over half a million mobile drive robots scooting the floors in their fulfillment centers. Also, around 1,000 robot arms are sorting packages in the US and Europe. As a result, about three in every four packages of Amazon are touched by some kind of robotic system. As hiring workers is increasingly getting difficult across the world, Amazon has been investing in robots and drones to get the merchandise packed and delivered. And this is not only at Amazon but at any other online retailer of any size. It seems that innovation is taking place in every corner of the retail industry.
Enjoy reading the article and learning about how essential robots are for online retailers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63593335
Amazon: Robots spread but 'we still need humans'
The world’s population is just about eight billion now. Amazon handles about five billion packages a year, or over 13 million boxes a day. Though the company has over 1.6 million employees, that’s still too many packages to handle only by humans. So how is Amazon handling that many boxes and delivering them to the customers? In fact, there are over half a million mobile drive robots scooting the floors in their fulfillment centers. Also, around 1,000 robot arms are sorting packages in the US and Europe. As a result, about three in every four packages of Amazon are touched by some kind of robotic system. As hiring workers is increasingly getting difficult across the world, Amazon has been investing in robots and drones to get the merchandise packed and delivered. And this is not only at Amazon but at any other online retailer of any size. It seems that innovation is taking place in every corner of the retail industry.
Enjoy reading the article and learning about how essential robots are for online retailers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63593335
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