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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... (Score: 2) by RamiK on Sunday May 19 2019, @07:25PM

  by RamiK (1813) on Sunday May 19 2019, @07:25PM (#845304)

  I worked in a printing press so I have seen everything that can go wrong with packaging-style machines.

  Unless you're typing this look-ma!-no-hands! using your nose or something, no you haven't: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/6537600/Fonterra-fined-over-cheese-machine-accident [stuff.co.nz]

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