Autonomous Robots Invade Retail Warehouses
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
WIRED article the video was shot for: Autonomous Robots Invade Retail Warehouses.
This is fascinating stuff and while it’s been around for a while, the article and video really show us what’s happening in detail.
The robots are built by Kiva Systems. Watch their demo video. Fascinating. I just ordered some hiking boots from Zappos and no doubt Kiva robots are involved in getting them to me (and restocking them after I return them).
Kiva = Skynet?
This is a neat video and maybe not skynet/cyberdine, but the wave of the future? Anyway, the socialist in me sees this as another way to lower labor costs, meaning, hiring less humans. Bad sign in a bad recession. Who knows.
Scott: Right, of course, fewer humans mean fewer jobs on the floor although more higher paying jobs making the robots!