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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 takyon on Sunday May 19 2019, @07:21PM (1 child)

  by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Sunday May 19 2019, @07:21PM (#845303) Journal

  The new machines, known as the CartonWrap from Italian firm CMC Srl, pack much faster than humans. They crank out 600 to 700 boxes per hour, or four to five times the rate of a human packer, the sources said. The machines require one person to load customer orders, another to stock cardboard and glue and a technician to fix jams on occasion.

  The machines don't have to be error-free. They just need to replace 25 workers with 3-5 or whatever.

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• Re:How big/expensive is the machine... (Score: 3, Funny) by krishnoid on Monday May 20 2019, @04:42AM

  by krishnoid (1156) on Monday May 20 2019, @04:42AM (#845422)

  I bet they could save even more by standardizing on either glue *or* jam, without having to use both.

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