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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: 2) by Reziac on Tuesday May 21 2019, @01:26AM (1 child)

    by Reziac (2489) on Tuesday May 21 2019, @01:26AM (#845690) Homepage

    Probably a lot of manufacturers "we never knew..." if one could follow all the rebadgings back to the original.

    Send the hand tools to me; I'll try them out. :) Actually the main problem with Chinese tools is that the steel is soft, so anything with a point doesn't keep the point. Utterly worthless Philips screwdrivers.And sometimes soft or brittle shafts. (Make up my mind, do you plan to bend, shear, or shatter??)

    Not especially cheap but noted an MP3 player that can take 128GB card... since the iTunes species invaded, I haven't found one locally that has more than 8GB storage or takes a card at all. If my old Sansa Clip ever dies I'll be bereft (commercial radio now being such crap, so it's my truck music)... might be worth risking the $35 for a backup.

    These sites are the most gawdawful rabbit holes. :D

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday May 21 2019, @02:05AM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday May 21 2019, @02:05AM (#845697)

    the main problem with Chinese tools is that the steel is soft

    I think the more accurate statement is: the main problem with Chinese tools that they export to the US is that the steel is soft, because the biggest and most profitable tool market in the US is a bunch of Harbor Freight lovin' cheap ass redneck hypocrites.

    Just like Mercedes doesn't really only make expensive luxury cars, they just project that image into the US with the subset of their products they export to US, the Chinese know which side their bread is buttered on. They know how to make good tool steel, they can and do make good tool steel when they want to, they just don't even bother trying to sell quality tool steel for US import because there ain't no way WalMart is gonna pay the required premium.

    I haven't found one locally that has more than 8GB storage or takes a card at all.

    I used to tell myself I didn't care about how much storage was on my phone, didn't care if it took an expansion card or not. Today, I wouldn't consider a phone with less than 64GB storage unless it also has an expansion slot - which virtually ALL the phones on banggood do, even in the sub $100 category.

    These sites are the most gawdawful rabbit holes...commercial radio now being such crap

    Too true, if you happen to find a cigarette lighter bluetooth to FM converter down there, be sure to pass the link this way...

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