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Amazon’s new robot army is ready to ship
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
The massive Amazon distribution centre in Labanon, Tennessee.
CALIFORNIA, United States (AP) — A year ago, Amazon.com workers like 34-year-old Rejinaldo Rosales hiked miles of aisles each shift to "pick" each item a customer ordered and prepare it for shipping.
Now the e-commerce giant boasts that it has boosted efficiency -- and given workers' legs a break -- by deploying more than 15,000 wheeled robots to crisscross the floors of its biggest warehouses and deliver stacks of toys, books and other products to employees.
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
The massive Amazon distribution centre in Labanon, Tennessee.
CALIFORNIA, United States (AP) — A year ago, Amazon.com workers like 34-year-old Rejinaldo Rosales hiked miles of aisles each shift to "pick" each item a customer ordered and prepare it for shipping.
Now the e-commerce giant boasts that it has boosted efficiency -- and given workers' legs a break -- by deploying more than 15,000 wheeled robots to crisscross the floors of its biggest warehouses and deliver stacks of toys, books and other products to employees.
