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New Amazon Machines Can Pack 600 Orders Per Hour, Could Replace Thousands of Jobs

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday May 19 2019, @04:34PM   
from the high-turnover-positions dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

foxnews.com/tech/amazon-machines-replace-thousands-of-jobs

The machines, which were being tested in a few warehouses in recent years, are able to scan goods coming down a conveyor belt and put them in custom-built boxes a few seconds later.

The machines can pack up boxes at a rate of 600 to 700 per hour, or four to five times as fast as human workers, according to Reuters, which first reported the development.

Also at: Reuters

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• Re:How big/expensive is the machine... Re:How big/expensive is the machine... (Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Monday May 20 2019, @06:31PM (1 child)

  by Osamabobama (5842) on Monday May 20 2019, @06:31PM (#845588)

  ff you thought Mexicans were poor freight handlers then you ain't seen nuthin' yet.

  Is that a thing? I mean, I don't associate Mexicans with freight handling, nor am I aware of any such stereotypes.

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• Re:How big/expensive is the machine... (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 20 2019, @08:58PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 20 2019, @08:58PM (#845639)

  it's just the fast, half-assed way mexicans (in the US) do everything. they needn't be freight handlers to demonstrate this characteristic. they have to be illegal and still scared of being deported, though. the more americanized mexicans do a half-assed and slow job...

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