@darkspd31
most valuable: no complaints, no strikes...perfection
@MadPutz
Amazon just purchased this company, it's great to see the robotics industry gaining traction.
@steveansell3981
So wonderful. And to those who think robots will take their jobs? You're right, but I can't discuss that now, because I have to give my horse back by midnight and still have 30 miles to travel. But after I finish trimming the wicks of all our candles at home, I will grab my vellum and ink up my trusty quill so I can respectfully respond.
@BrotherCreamy
It's ideas like this that make millions of dollars. There is so many other fields that could benefit from innovation like this, all we need are good inventors, and lots of problems to fix.
@ShippSwing
@ThrustVectoring They are very quiet. Also power off when not in use to conserve energy. I love these guys
@SusanNewton1
Technological advancements and new ways of thinking. Henry Ford would be proud. Now to continue our business growth so we could incorporate Kiva!
@WilliamBenjaminJohnDavis
Someone in a forum we were discussing the whole Amazon drone thing linked to this video indicating that Amazon was planning to deploy these in their warehouses.
@47f0
@JungleUnderground - 3d printing can only make a narrow range of items. If you need an axle for your car, or a flashlight bulb, you're still going to have to get it manufactured by an actual factory. We don't have Star Trek replicators yet, but we do have robots.
@ercost60
They can also deliver Pink Slips to former warehouse workers with uncanny accuracy! Great system.
@kinoomich
In 2020 I show this video to people who still believe in progress.
@4Stanzas
Great video. Yet another example of the productivity which enhances our lives. For the technophobes throughout the comments section, while I understand your misgivings, machines make us more productive and increase jobs and the division of labor over time. I highly recommend a primer on economics which helps to explain it all. One of the best is "Economics in One Lesson" by the noted economist Henry Hazlitt.
@polka23dot
Kiva robots are cheap, but they have three flaws: 1. They are slow because the shelvings are rather tall. 2. They waste most of the warehouse space because the shelvings are not as tall as the warehouse. 3. They transport the whole shelvings instead of the bins, so sometimes the bins are not available because they are on shelvings used by someone else.
@ShippSwing
Not sure to be honest, but I heard we are steadily increasing our bot force! Peak season :D Woot!
@dylanakent
And now Amazon uses this. No breaks, no vacations, no injuries. No people.
@polka23dot
Standard warehouses have only ground floor and they resemble big metal sheds. A multi-floor building is much more expensive than the standard warehouse. It is cheaper to use the standard warehouse with advanced robots than multi-floor building with Kiva robots.
@ramaprasanna
Nice concept!! . loved it.
@Dakakeisalie
The world is coming to a point where unskilled labor is no longer needed. If you look at it, the job of the guy filling the order could be (relatively) easily fulfilled by another part of the robot system, creating a humanless system. Thats why I design/program robots for a living
@northerbrewer
@Scerab I have watched how in the past 15 years things have advanced with a speed and complexity that has left me in the dust. 15 years ago I was building robotic mining equipment that used P1 based PLCs and ladder logic. The machines were clumsy and slow compared to machines with opperators in them but the pay back for not having an opperator was there. Today they use processors I don't recognize, do floating point math and use language I don't understand. Speed / performace WOW I worry
@phamlam8978
Did you not see the second floor added right above the shelves? This allows them to stack a bunch of these products and all they need is an elevator.
@ShippSwing