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fortituded0002 | 3 years ago

> Why it is not happening?

Amazon has been working on robotics for years and has been incorporating it into their warehouses for a long time.

https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/warehouse-robotics-auto....

Not sure how much I agree with this, but a buddy of mine for years talked about how problematic it was for warehouse workers to fight for higher wages and more support because their jobs would likely be automated away in the near-ish future. His argument was that these jobs are not intended to be long-term career jobs and that by pretending they are, you run the risk of doing people a disservice as they stay longer and they become less employable over time.

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Retric|3 years ago

The key takeaway here is: “Although many are prototypes, the company aims for the bots to eventually make an impact in the company’s logistics network.”

They really don’t make significant use of robots.

fortituded0002|3 years ago

They do. I've seen it. It's been in the works for years. Each time I've worked in the warehouses things have changed. It's not fully automated, but improvements have been made.