Robotic Distribution

from Kiva Systems and delivered to the online retailer, Zappos.com. For more info, check out Wired Science: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/retailrobots.html

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  1. powpanda Avatar
    powpanda

    @ScubaJonL In fact …
    @ScubaJonL In fact this is the only way to compete with ultra cheap foreign labor. I agree with everything you said.

  2. besonix Avatar
    besonix

    Hell yeah robots …
    yeah robots are working for us !! Hooray. Normally it should be a reason to be happy, but in this wacky world it’s a reason to be scared because we’re losing our jobs!! Isn’t that just stupid? Why do we worry we lose our jobs if there’s the robot at the service all time to work? Well, they don’t work for us, they work for the owners of the company. Then who will buy the products if we got no jobs? These are questions that challenge capitalism nowdays. It was great 100 years ago …

  3. hughtub Avatar
    hughtub

    Govt schools aren’t …
    Govt schools aren’t adequately teaching kids that most labor jobs are obsolete, while charging taxpayers $10-15k/year for each, and govt ensures more jobs are taken over by robots or outsourced by having the minimum wage law for the students who get an inferior education. Govt is really screwing workers both ways by pretending to be on their side.

  4. Terr0c1ty Avatar
    Terr0c1ty

    @idioticrandomguy …
    @idioticrandomguy the robots have 2D bar-codes on the ground every 3ft or so which is unique to that location. that location is then communicated to a computer that is the traffic controller of all the robots.

  5. idioticrandomguy Avatar
    idioticrandomguy

    How do the robots …
    How do the robots communicate so that they dont run into eachother?

  6. alkyjohno Avatar
    alkyjohno

    Maybe if she had …
    Maybe if she had more exercise in her job she wouldn’t be so overweight.

  7. tohopes Avatar
    tohopes

    that is …
    that is awesome.

  8. VeracityMedia Avatar
    VeracityMedia

    Automation of labor …
    Automation of labor is the future of our species.

  9. OghamTheBold Avatar
    OghamTheBold

    If you hack the …
    If you hack the bots to follow you home is that pilferating?

  10. bwpaulk Avatar
    bwpaulk

    I saw this system …
    I saw this system at a warehouse recently. They had just moved from a smaller traditional warehouse . With this KIVA, they have twice the space, twice the capacity to move orders and MORE EMPLOYEES than before. The efficiencies of the system is CREATING MORE JOBS, not less.

  11. ZoneCracker Avatar
    ZoneCracker

    Skynet is watching …
    Skynet is watching you!

  12. bsoverns Avatar
    bsoverns

    This is incredible, …
    This is incredible, I wish I built something like this first.

  13. bfdpowers Avatar
    bfdpowers

    This isn’t the …
    This isn’t the first time in history something like this has happened. During the Industrial Revolution numerous jobs became obsolete. People then adapted just as we will now. I really don’t see humans becoming “obsolete” anytime in the near future.

  14. anthonyoffutt2202 Avatar
    anthonyoffutt2202

    no duh…NO aliens …
    no duh…NO aliens are doing our jobs…i already know that im explaining why people are hanging themselves because of the gm plant, wall street bankers, and ROBOTS are depriving struggling families of their jobs

  15. CFrostyTheSnowman Avatar
    CFrostyTheSnowman

    Not scary it’s just …
    Not scary it’s just the future adapt to it.

  16. CFrostyTheSnowman Avatar
    CFrostyTheSnowman

    Monetary system has …
    Monetary system has to go because robots will be doing almost all human jobs aside from scholarly soon enough. Best thing you can do is become 100% self sufficient so you don’t need money to pay anyone for anything.

  17. CFrostyTheSnowman Avatar
    CFrostyTheSnowman

    Change social …
    Change social system is the only way because this type of thing will spread and spread. First thing to go will be low paying jobs like cleaning and warehouses etc. Our social system will fall as it should and sooner would be better than later.

  18. CFrostyTheSnowman Avatar
    CFrostyTheSnowman

    Get used to it the …
    Get used to it the future is robots doing the jobs of people.

  19. Pvtjamesryan2 Avatar
    Pvtjamesryan2

    Cyberdyne systems …
    Cyberdyne systems model 101

  20. ScubaJonL Avatar
    ScubaJonL

    Yes it will put …
    Yes it will put people out of work. But is the solution to do things less efficiently? They could get ride of robots, conveyors, forklifts and machines and employ 400 Americans at minimum wage to push carts and carry boxes individually… just like the Amish would.

    If you’re worried about American jobs, buy American products (so stop going to Wal-Mart) but don’t criticize American companies for being competitive through efficiency!

  21. anthonyoffutt2202 Avatar
    anthonyoffutt2202

    its a pretty good …
    its a pretty good looking system but it could put plenty of hard working Americans with families out of a job

  22. maulazyhola Avatar
    maulazyhola

    It´s an amazing …
    It´s an amazing machine, speaking about costs and efficiency. The side effect is that most human skills are not technology-oriented so they will be left aside.
    Could be a bad thing for the future unless HR areas focus a lot more on tranning people.
    The fact is that technology won’t wait for no one, so you must be updated or be removed.

  23. adamnorten Avatar
    adamnorten

    This makes a lot of …
    This makes a lot of sense.

  24. utp216 Avatar
    utp216

    Is Felicia the …
    Is Felicia the hottie with the black shirt and jean? YUM!

  25. ebarnes419 Avatar
    ebarnes419

    F kiva! i work in a …
    F kiva! i work in a warehouse and we just put in Kiva and it takes jobs! You know who Kiva is good for? The people that own the company. Not the people that work for them. Keep things old fashon!

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