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Amazon's Vulcan Robots Now Stow Items Faster Than Humans

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209 points Luc | 2 comments | 09 May 25 11:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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philipwhiuk ◴[09 May 25 12:04 UTC] No.43935844[source]▶
It's interesting how Amazon is embedding robots in human-designed warehouses whereas Ocado has humans overseeing a robotic warehouse.

The later is a much easier problem.

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alsodumb ◴[09 May 25 12:06 UTC] No.43935863[source]▶
It takes hundreds of millions to build a warehouse. Amazon has tons of them. Retrofitting things is capital intensive.
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sschueller ◴[09 May 25 12:41 UTC] No.43936081[source]▶
Humans are cheaper than robots too...
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1. abricot ◴[09 May 25 13:29 UTC] No.43936502{3}[source]▶
Only if you don't need to pay them a living wage.
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2. econ ◴[09 May 25 19:23 UTC] No.43940158[source]▶
I've picked orders. If I have to touch your purchase for 20 seconds it is a very long time. There are 180 chunks of 20 seconds in an hour. If the pay is $45 per hour it would cost 25 cents.

It is strange how this isn't obvious