Comments on: KIVA Robots Continue to Conquer Warehouses

By: gdlonborg

gdlonborg — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:19:11 +0000

I’ve worked in warehouses, and there’s nothing in this about dealing with “special cases”… and there will always be those. I love this company’s approach to reducing the repetitive and laborious, and the obvious productivity gains. People will still have jobs, just more productive and less repetitious jobs. The robots still need a warehouse with a large smooth open floor, the construction of which will never be outsourced. This looks like a surge in warehouse construction to me…

By: What’s The Secret Behind Diapers.com Success? A Kiva Robot Warehouse | Singularity Hub

Sat, 28 May 2011 16:54:28 +0000

[...] hit $300 million for 2010. Soap.com could have a similar trajectory. The KIVA robotics system, as we’ve seen before, dramatically increases warehouse processing speed to keep up with the large orders that come [...]

By: The Lost Robot Saga Continues: Munich | Singularity Hub

The Lost Robot Saga Continues: Munich | Singularity Hub — Mon, 09 May 2011 16:32:57 +0000

[...] (read here: kindness to something foreign). As robots leave the factory and warehouse (sorry KIVA), they will have to accommodate the needs of, and rely on the input from [...]

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Episode 18 – Data, VR, Automation | HIVE45 — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:21:31 +0000

[...] and coding genetic modules hints at a crazy future for bioengineering and bioprogramming. Kiva Systems Robotic Warehouse Automation Kiva Systems Warehouse Robotics Being Used For Large-Scale Ecommerce Robotics For Hospital [...]

By: Incredible TUG Robots Automate Delivery in Hospitals (video) | Singularity Hub

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:45:05 +0000

[...] people to haul goods around is so last century. Robotic systems like KIVA have taken over warehouses, improving efficiency and lowering costs. Aethon is aiming to do the same for hospitals. TUG is the [...]

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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 [...]