Amazon uses robots to speed warehouse operations

Posted on October 19, 2023 by F. Robert Jacobs

Amazon says the new program reduces the time it takes to fulfill an order by up to 25%.

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Amazon is calling on the robots to help speed up its warehouse operations. The e-commerce giant is introducing an array of new artificial intelligence and automation capabilities aimed at identifying inventory more quickly to reduce delivery times. The WSJ’s Sebastian Herrera reports that the broad revamp will change the way Amazon moves products through its fulfillment centers and alter how many of the company’s vast army of workers do their jobs. Amazon calls its developing robotics system Sequoia and says it will help the company put up items for sale on its website faster and more easily predict delivery estimates. Experts say the changes in operations demonstrate that in order to integrate more robotics, the workflow of warehouses has to be transformed. The rollout will likely reverberate beyond Amazon’s own sites. The company’s automation expansion following its 2012 acquisition of Kiva Systems jumpstarted interest in robotics across the sector.

– Bob

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