From the article: Also, here is a pair of articles from IEEE Spectrum: Amazon’s Vulcan Robots Now Stow Items Faster Than Humans Amazon’s Vulcan Robots Are Mastering Picking Packages
From the article:
The robots will be able to identify objects by touch using AI to work out what they can and can’t handle and figuring out how best to pick them up. They will work alongside humans who now stash and retrieve items from shelving units which are manoeuvred to them at picking stations by wheeled robots – of which Amazon now has more than 750,000 in operation.
Vulcan will be able to stow items on the upper and lower levels of the shelving units – known as pods – so that humans no longer need to use ladders or bend so often during their work. Robots now operating in Amazon’s warehouse are able to shift items around or pick items using suction cups and computer vision.
Also, here is a pair of articles from IEEE Spectrum:
It sounds like even though picking is still a hard task, they're getting great at stowing. If every item were manufactured in clearly labelled firm boxes this problem would be entirely solved?...
It sounds like even though picking is still a hard task, they're getting great at stowing. If every item were manufactured in clearly labelled firm boxes this problem would be entirely solved? They'd probably pay for that option rather than pay humans to bridge the floppy bag gap.
See also, @drannex 's recent comment on robot dexterity problem
From the article:
Also, here is a pair of articles from IEEE Spectrum:
Amazon’s Vulcan Robots Now Stow Items Faster Than Humans
Amazon’s Vulcan Robots Are Mastering Picking Packages
It sounds like even though picking is still a hard task, they're getting great at stowing. If every item were manufactured in clearly labelled firm boxes this problem would be entirely solved? They'd probably pay for that option rather than pay humans to bridge the floppy bag gap.
See also, @drannex 's recent comment on robot dexterity problem
https://tildes.net/~engineering/1nmk/robot_dexterity_still_doesnt_come_close_to_matching_human_capability#comment-fhs0
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