Tag results for: logistics
Robo Truckers and the AI-Fueled Future of Transport
While adaptive cruise control might seem very different from a fully autonomous vehicle—and it is, technologically—the two technologies reside on the same spectrum. And in even the most...
Amazon’s New Robot Can Handle Most Items in the Everything Store
Amazon built an ecommerce empire by automating much of the work needed to move goods and pack orders in its warehouses. There is still plenty of work for...
Amazon’s ‘Safe’ New Robot Won’t Fix its Worker Injury Problem
The introduction of Proteus comes 10 years after Amazon’s acquisition of Kiva Systems, which became Amazon Robotics. Kiva robots carry up to 1,000 pounds of customer orders from...
This Warehouse Robot Reads Human Body Language
Sales of workplace robots worldwide are growing steadily after a recent slowdown in growth due to the pandemic, according to data from the International Federation of Robotics, an...
Opinion | Justice Sotomayor’s Class-Action Consolation Prize
The Supreme Court last week ruled 8-1 (Viking River Cruises v. Moriana) that California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)—aka...
