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Amazon's Vulcan Robots Now Stow Items Faster Than Humans

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209 points Luc | 3 comments | 09 May 25 11:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.707s | source
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omneity ◴[09 May 25 11:53 UTC] No.43935797[source]▶
Warehouses is definitely not where I expected robots with retractable blades to first appear.

The demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWXco05eK28

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1. LightBug1 ◴[09 May 25 13:42 UTC] No.43936648[source]▶
It's a safe space in the interim. A place where they can hone their skills and sharpen their blades.
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2. analog31 ◴[09 May 25 17:10 UTC] No.43939043[source]▶
The first robot that learns to make a shiv will rule the warehouse.
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3. LightBug1 ◴[09 May 25 18:23 UTC] No.43939692[source]▶
... and then. The world.