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Fears of employee displacement as Amazon brings robots into warehouses (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That’s not what these robots are doing. They are picking items out of bins, verifying them, and packing them into totes which will be put on a conveyor. A conveyor is good for moving boxes or totes, but that’s about it. It does really poorly with small items, large items, irregular shapes, and especially anything in a bag.

This guy Material Handlings. Handles Material? Does Material Handling?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’ve heard “material handles” and “handles materials,” but you are correct. I this-guy it hard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Me too! Or at least I’m in the industry. Software side though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Similar here. I do computer and industrial engineering for system integrations and process improvement, and I’m currently sending this from a wave picker 30 ft in the air trying to understand what keeps causing this damn jam in our new crossdock conveyor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That sounds like way more fun than what I do. I just work on our one-stop-shop solutions development/planning/engineering/papers/order entry software. It’s like a glorified, complicated version of The Sims home construction but with conveyors and racking and structural steel and whatnot instead of couches and pianos and windows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh gotcha. I work with a lot of people at various companies that have a similar role as you. I work for a consultancy that gives me the opportunity to wear a lot of hats. The job is always really challenging, but every project is a new adventure.