Dear MEL Topic Readers,
How robots are taking over warehouse work
Humans are intelligent and flexible when it comes to working in
warehouses. Human workers can see and judge how to pick up items, carry them,
and put them into boxes almost instinctively. However, if you try to have robots
do all these jobs smoothly, safely, and efficiently, it takes a lot of
technology, engineering, and investment, especially when the size, shape, and
weight of items vary widely. As online shopping keeps growing, it is robots
that are handling the increasing number of items and boxes in warehouses and fulfillment
centers. Ocado is a British online grocery retail, fulfillment, and logistics company.
In their warehouse, hundreds of AI-trained robots are working 24/7 to pick,
move, and pack most of the items into boxes. Human workers are now handling items
that robots aren’t ready for yet. But as technologies advance, more items will
be handled by robots. It seems like the same transformation that has been occurring
in factory automation.
Read the article and see the video to learn how things are done behind
the scenes of online shopping.
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