What’s The Secret Behind Diapers.com Success? A Kiva Robot Warehouse

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Post by jamesbritt » Sun, Jun 13, 2010, 4:35 PM UTC

What’s The Secret Behind Diapers.com Success? A Kiva Robot Warehouse
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Post by die_sekte » Sun, Jun 13, 2010, 5:10 PM UTC

Whoa. I wonder when we will see completely robotic warehouses.

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Post by ThomPete » Sun, Jun 13, 2010, 5:17 PM UTC

I am always reminded of what John Smart said in one of his lectures some years back.

America lost 2 million jobs to the Chinese. But guess who the Chinese lost 15 million jobs to... the robots.

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Post by melling » Sun, Jun 13, 2010, 5:54 PM UTC

I want all my non-perishables delivered this way. Let's get the robots to pack a more complex box.

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Post by grinich » Sun, Jun 13, 2010, 6:03 PM UTC

melling wrote: post #4

I want all my non-perishables delivered this way. Let's get the robots to pack a more complex box.

Amazon.com has food.

http://www.amazon.com/grocery-breakfast-foods-snacks-organic...

It's a killer deal when combined with Amazon Prime (free 2-day shipping).

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Post by bradgessler » Sun, Jun 13, 2010, 6:10 PM UTC

die_sekte wrote: post #2

Whoa. I wonder when we will see completely robotic warehouses.

I believe the US Mint operates one.

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Post by covercash » Sun, Jun 13, 2010, 6:23 PM UTC

grinich wrote: post #5

melling wrote: post #4

I want all my non-perishables delivered this way. Let's get the robots to pack a more complex box.

Amazon.com has food. http://www.amazon.com/grocery-breakfast-foods-snacks-organic... It's a killer deal when combined with Amazon Prime (free 2-day shipping).

Also check out Amazon Subscribe & Save:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/subscribe-and-save/details/index.ht...

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Post by d_c » Sun, Jun 13, 2010, 6:29 PM UTC

Where can I find out more about the algorithms they use? Multi-agent systems? Any suggestions?

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Post by martincmartin » Sun, Jun 13, 2010, 6:36 PM UTC

SeeGrid does something similar, but without having to modify the warehouse at all:

http://www.seegrid.com/

It was started by CMU Roboticist and futurist Hans Moravec, as the culmination of his life's work to date.

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Post by koeselitz » Sun, Jun 13, 2010, 6:40 PM UTC

ThomPete wrote: post #3

I am always reminded of what John Smart said in one of his lectures some years back. America lost 2 million jobs to the Chinese. But guess who the Chinese lost 15 million jobs to... the robots.

... and I am reminded of what a friend of mine who worked in a warehouse said to me a while ago:

"This is the most idiotic job on the planet. Someday they'll have robots to do this."