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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   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by krishnoid on Monday May 20 2019, @02:12AM (2 children)

    by krishnoid (1156) on Monday May 20 2019, @02:12AM (#845387)

    Particularly with those shoes getting wedged in them all the time. Really tends to clog up the works.

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  • (Score: 1) by redneckmother on Monday May 20 2019, @04:22AM (1 child)

    by redneckmother (3597) on Monday May 20 2019, @04:22AM (#845415)

    Really tends to clog up the works.

    I see what you did there...

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    • (Score: 1) by redneckmother on Monday May 20 2019, @04:28AM

      by redneckmother (3597) on Monday May 20 2019, @04:28AM (#845418)

      ... also, nice (subtle) reference to "sabot".

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