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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.
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @06:16PM (8 children)
Does the machine do a better job of choosing/using appropriately-sized boxes than its human counterparts?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @06:31PM
Just by pure dumb luck they have to....
(Score: 3, Informative) by KilroySmith on Sunday May 19 2019, @06:47PM
FTFS:
"custom-built boxes"
(Score: 4, Insightful) by drussell on Sunday May 19 2019, @07:10PM
I think that is half the reason for doing this automated packing machine...
It "looks" at the items, then makes a custom-sized shipping box before packing the items and spitting them out the other end, ready for dispatch...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @08:59PM (3 children)
Maybe they can actually honor their 2 day shipping.
Last 5 items I bought arrived about 5 days after purchase. Not obscure crazy huge things. Something their system said they had on the shelf and had a delivery day of 2 days later. Then after I buy suddenly it does not even SHIP for 3 days...
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Sunday May 19 2019, @09:54PM (2 children)
As soon as it's late (when the estimated arrival date for the package on the orders page passes), complain to customer service. Use the email option. You could easily get store credit or the item free.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 20 2019, @12:28AM (1 child)
Thats the plan. As soon as I find where the HELL they buried it in their website.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday May 20 2019, @01:42AM
They might have changed it. It might need to be done from Your Orders on an open order, or they might have removed the support feature I remember using and replaced it with this contact page [amazon.com]. In which case I would try the instant chat option.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 21 2019, @06:25PM
Packers don't even get to choose the box size, the computer tells them which box to use. When your stuff comes in an inappropriately sized box that's down to somebody in receiving being a lazy dolt who can't/won't assign proper measurements to the product when they enter it into the system.