They should also vacuum the floor at the same time!

Seems like they perform an extremely specific task. Fair enough if moving those pre-packaged carts around is a big deal in those warehouses, I would have no idea. Interesting to see what other robots they will introduce to this system to make it work more autonomously.

Mini Forklift!

They keep finding ways to put humans out of work and yet expect them to have money to buy stuff.

how are those better than the cheap ones that follow lines on the ground?

What’s the difference between this one and the yellow previous generation?

they look stressed and overworked, they should take some time off, recharge, unplug, prime and chill.

I do amnesty and it’s just ganna be more work hunting down dead drives

After all these years, I should've *known* ... It's just like when AC was finally only introduced to manufacturing floors when the machinery started to be partially automated and monitored by computers. For at least a quarter century after AC had first been invented, the thinking of factory owners was like "Screw the blue collar human workers, they're so desperate for the income and it's so cheap and easy to replace them because there are so many of them...Let them swelter in the high heat and humidity." But luckily for us, the computers couldn't work properly unless a perfect climate (that also THANKFULLY just happened to be comfortable for humans) was maintained on the factory floors. *Fast forward around 35 years to Amazon's warehouses...* The case of the 1980s and 90s manufacturing computers versus the blue collar human workers has now REVERSED... That is to say, blue collar human workers are more rare than they used to be, and so have become far more expensive to onboard and maintain than automated systems. So, what I had originally thought were process and equipment improvements to ultimately make the job easier and safer for us *human* Amazon workers over the long term, actually turn out to be improvements made for the sake of the robots - and *we're* just part of this short term experiment while the robots are being designed and programmed to imitate super-efficient versions of us (minus the intermittent need for sleep). During the past few months, Amazon finally started upgrading the GoCarts themselves - which already makes the physically grueling tasks of cart-staging (as opposed to the ALREADY SUPER-EASY task of pallet-staging) and crossdock both a LOT easier for human workers. The retrofitted door latches no longer allow the GoCart doors to bulge outward, and so the GoCarts now easily fit side-by-side into the trucks without having to body slam any of them to get them all the way in. (The poor fit of the bulging older carts and the constant need to force them into the trucks also causes a lot of damage to the carts themselves which, in turn, makes them even more cumbersome to use.) Besides the new door latches, the upgraded GoCarts now have side handles that allow us to stand to the side of (instead of behind) them so that we can finally actually SEE what's in front of us as we're rolling them across the warehouse and into the trucks. Even the tallest workers had been complaining about the COMPLETE lack of visibility while pushing the filled older carts from behind. There are now also additional ergonomically correct handles for lining them up to push them into their spaces once you get inside the trucks with them. (I'm guessing those particular handles are probably even more helpful when *unloading the full incoming GoCarts,* although so far I've been spared from being assigned to that "less favored" part of the crossdock task.) The upgraded GoCarts are also retrofitted with new side and back panel inserts that don't pop out of place as easily as the older plastic grid panels do, which prevents the smaller packages from falling out while in transit. And finally, the wheels move more smoothly and ALL the brakes are in good working order (although I'm not sure if that's the result of better quality parts, better engineering, or just because those parts are new and were so recently assembled). ALL THAT SAID... Thank God Proteus will soon be completely taking over those STILL-GODAWFUL slave labor tasks!

Nice!

Yeah no more strikes. No more delay for our packages

That's pretty cool.

Why does the robot need to lift it up?

They took er jobs!

They didn't ask to work or work alone

My cat is in love

AI Effect😎

I love what I see

Funny thing is, these robots simply cannot load these carts into the diesel trucks trailers accurately or safely, at best it minimizes some of the movements required by ordinary staff and will reduce the amount of manpower needed in total for each days anticipated production or flow, yawn....

Hello future 💕

Reduce the risk of warehouse employees injures is code for replacing employees! No humans = no injuries and higher profits.

Well - amazon realized they'll ran out of workers in the future. Rather than improving the working condition, they would invest heavily in automation. Dispite currently, machines is less efficient and cost more than human, but I think Amazon is putting faith on the maturation of machine learning and the lowering of machine production. I wonder if the government is going to side with the workers and put tax on machines when Amazon inevitably reduce workers in warehouse. Or they'll side with Amazon and allow for the loss of jobs.

No pay No benefits 24/7 365 All Profit

Universal basic income coming through

Good bye jobs.

No need for humans anymore.