Comments on: KIVA Robots Continue to Conquer Warehouses

By: mbt sale

mbt sale — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:44:36 +0000

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By: The Next Paradigm

The Next Paradigm — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:49:42 +0000

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By: Rodney Brooks, Co-Founder of iRobot, on to New Company | Singularity Hub

Rodney Brooks, Co-Founder of iRobot, on to New Company | Singularity Hub — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:13:50 +0000

[...] robotics have already entered and dominated the commercial workforce. As we’ve said before, KIVA, FlexPicker, and desktop dispensing bots are at the top of their specialized fields. On the retail [...]

By: Check Out These Desktop Industrial Robots | Singularity Hub

Check Out These Desktop Industrial Robots | Singularity Hub — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:40:14 +0000

[...] robots we often focus on lightning fast line workers like the flexpicker, or heavy lifters like Kiva, or just cool looking podiums with arms like the Motoman SDA10. There’s a whole realm of [...]

By: Robotics Resource » Motoman Robot Does It All in Videos

Robotics Resource » Motoman Robot Does It All in Videos — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:00:11 +0000

[...] looking at the SDA 10 assemble a chair, I can imagine it working well alongside Kiva’s warehouse robots. Let one bot fetch the parts, the other assemble the chair…it would be a pretty efficient [...]

By: Motoman Robot Does It All in Videos | Singularity Hub

Motoman Robot Does It All in Videos | Singularity Hub — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:16:58 +0000

By: Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man | Singularity Hub

Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man | Singularity Hub — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:32:59 +0000

[...] Machines are largely making humans in the factory obsolete, as evidenced by the flexpicker and the kiva robots. Robots are rapidly seeping into the worldwide war apparatus from many different angles, whether [...]

By: The Autonomous Forklift | Singularity Hub

The Autonomous Forklift | Singularity Hub — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:47:51 +0000

[...] We have discussed Honda’s Asimo (who replaces the average butler) and recently talked about KIVA Systems’ warehouse robot (which makes redundant all members of the Storage Rack Lifters Union). In case you were worried [...]

By: CK of AZ

CK of AZ — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:00:57 +0000

Automation will eliminate more and more jobs… Another 5 years and all Warehouse jobs will be eliminated; automated vehicles in 10 to 15 years eliminate Mailmen (not that they are really needed now), Fed Ex, Pilots, Truck Drivers, Construction Equipment Operators all gone. Systems like Wolfram Alpha will be substitutes for customer Service Jobs (like mine) in another decade. Fully Automated Fast Food Restaurants, Farms, you name it, literally hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of jobs will be no longer by 2025.

I hope the Government relies this… Socialism will be to the right.

By: Robert Riley

Robert Riley — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:58:26 +0000

Very impressive. Much of what we’ve seen in robotics has been restricted to either toys or tech demos, so it’s nice to see that robots are making their way out of the research labs and into something that really increases productivity.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:15:02 +0000

Hi!

You suggested humans are a integral and highly valued part of the system, manually placing items from one box to another one.

They are not necessary. The only reason they are used is that humans can handle a multitude of different items, which robotic systems can’t yet. Just wait a couple of years, robots will do all that pick and place stuff.

This human job in the KIVA system is a good example on that. Once robots are able to do that cheaply, there’s no need for humans performing these mundane tasks.

Of course that leads to the topics of unemployment and the importance of education and free knowledge.

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By: Cameorn

Cameorn — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:23:33 +0000

This opens up a whole world of resource allocation algorithms. Usually the logistical mathematics is limited by human-based constraints. It might be worthwhile to throw the book out on bin-packing and random access methods and try some new, fun linear algorithms from scratch!

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:59:10 +0000

The more we treat them as pets, friends and what-not, the less likely a Terminator or Matrix-like scenario will unfold (well, the stupid human-fusion powering robots will never unfold because its, well, stupid. i’m talking the enslavement issue). It’s when we start taking them for granted and abusing them that uprisings happen. Just like they do in human populations. If we build them to be like us, they will be – both the good and the bad.

I’d also like to point out that building humanoid robots to walk down the aisles and pull things out of bins just replaces human inefficiency with mechanical inefficiency. This system is totally better than making an android wander a warehouse looking for junk by hand and foot, even if their error rate is 0%. Why build a robot that can push around a pallet like a human when you can just build a robotic pallet?