| Title | Amazon Dismisses Idea Automation Will Eliminate All its Warehouse Jobs Soon | |
| Date | Saturday May 04 2019, @02:13PM | |
| Author | Fnord666 | |
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| from the pick-and-place dept. | ||
Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd
Amazon.com Inc dismissed the idea of running a fully automated warehouse in the near future, citing the superior cognitive ability of humans and limitations of current technology.
Scott Anderson, director of Amazon Robotics Fulfillment, said technology is at least 10 years away from fully automating the processing of a single order picked by a worker inside a warehouse.
There is a misperception that Amazon will run fully automated warehouses soon, Anderson said during a tour of Amazon's Baltimore warehouse for reporters on Tuesday.
The technology for a robot to pick a single product from a bin without damaging other products or picking multiple products at the same time in a way that could benefit the e-commerce retailer is years away.
Amazon is exploring a variety of technologies to automate the various steps needed to get a package to shoppers, Anderson said.
"In the current form, the technology is very limited. The technology is very far from the fully automated workstation that we would need," Anderson said.
Your job is safe...for now.
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