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philipwhiuk ◴[] 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 ◴[] 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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1. whatever1 ◴[] No.43943297[source]
Also fixed equipment / robots do not ramp up when the demand increases.

On the other hand you can always hire more People to sort more packages. You don’t even need a building, a tent would suffice.

What these companies do is conceptually very simple. Basically sortation of items at different granularities and locations. Not comparable with manufacturing companies.