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01-12-2014, 03:46 PM
Amazon’s new robot army is ready to ship
TRACY (California) — A year ago, Amazon.com workers like 34-year-old Rejinaldo Rosales hiked miles of aisles each shift to “pick” each item a customer ordered and prepare it for shipping.
Now, the e-commerce giant boasts that it has boosted efficiency — and given workers’ legs a break — by deploying more than 15,000 wheeled robots to crisscross the floors of its biggest warehouses and deliver stacks of toys, books and other products to employees.
“We pick two to three times faster than we used to,” Mr Rosales said during a short break from sorting merchandise into bins at Amazon’s massive distribution centre in Tracy, California, about 97km east of San Francisco. “It’s made the job a lot easier.”
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http://www.todayonline.com/business/amaz...ready-ship
TRACY (California) — A year ago, Amazon.com workers like 34-year-old Rejinaldo Rosales hiked miles of aisles each shift to “pick” each item a customer ordered and prepare it for shipping.
Now, the e-commerce giant boasts that it has boosted efficiency — and given workers’ legs a break — by deploying more than 15,000 wheeled robots to crisscross the floors of its biggest warehouses and deliver stacks of toys, books and other products to employees.
“We pick two to three times faster than we used to,” Mr Rosales said during a short break from sorting merchandise into bins at Amazon’s massive distribution centre in Tracy, California, about 97km east of San Francisco. “It’s made the job a lot easier.”
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http://www.todayonline.com/business/amaz...ready-ship
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