Current Events > Boston Dynamics unveils new warehouse robot

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1m 27s presentation
https://youtu.be/S9N2jlie9c8

3m 16s detailed presentation and explanation
https://youtu.be/9J0M6kMjX6c

Key points:

• Can work in hot environments like hot trailer containers
• Can lift up to 50lb boxes
• Can lift 4 boxes at once
• Can go 16hrs (or two shifts) on one battery charge without cables
• Can be remotely driven to designated areas
• Can be stationed in warehouse quickly
• Fully autonomous

RIP Supply Chain and Manufacturing jobs

Much cooler than the teslabot

Also UBI when

Paying someone $18/hr to do that will always be more economical. always.

leafsRULE posted...

Paying someone $18/hr to do that will always be more economical. always.

I've done that exact job for way under $18 an hour (although it was 20 years ago).

as we all know, all tech works for years flawlessly without any upkeep

GuerrillaSoldier posted...

as we all know, all tech works for years flawlessly without any upkeep

Having a robot technician beats paying salaries and insurance for 10 non technicians to move boxes around all day.

I'd like to see this robot modified to be mobile for deliveries too so truck drivers can just send the robot off to deliver the package instead of having to get attacked by dogs.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Having a robot technician beats paying salaries and insurance for 10 non technicians to move boxes around all day.

Not only that, it can stay on for 16hrs without breaks. While a human would take two 15min breaks and a lunch, then go home after home after 8 hours a single robot can work 16hrs. 2 humans back-to-back will work 14hrs factoring breaks. It doesn't need water breaks either

How many guns can it shoot tho

Pretty cool but too slow, unless you can turn it up faster

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True, it is quite slow. And I wish the boxes had been all over the place; instead they came in walls that could fall on you at any time. One of the guys I worked with took four gallons of paint to the head.

haloiscoolisbak posted...

Also UBI when

10% chance of it only after the entirety of Europe adopts it first.

Tyranthraxus posted...

I'd like to see this robot modified to be mobile for deliveries too so truck drivers can just send the robot off to deliver the package instead of having to get attacked by dogs.

Good point. If I saw a pitbull, I would like the option of sending that robot in.

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Yeah, I've worked unloading at Target before. It stuck out to me immediately how neatly the boxes on that truck were stacked. That is not the way they arrive at the store. Even if the argument is that they'll be stacked neatly by a robot at the DC they're going to shift around in transit, particularly if the trailer isn't full. Those boxes were also fairly uniform in size. The sizes and shapes of boxes we'd get on our trucks vary a lot more than that.

If we didn't live in a capitalistic hellhole I would be applauding this.

Cool but slow most distribution centers won't use this for that alone, some places like Amazon desperately need fast workers they rush the shit out of your ass in places like that

VFalcone posted...

RIP Supply Chain and Manufacturing jobs

Lol nah. It'll be happening but this is still early stage and the vast majority of warehouses out there aren't even close to modern enough to handle it

It might come to a few new ones that crop up but nothing that really matters and it'll likely be used a supplement and not a replacement

VFalcone posted...

RIP Supply Chain and Manufacturing jobs

Axiom posted...

Lol nah. It'll be happening but this is still early stage and the vast majority of warehouses out there aren't even close to modern enough to handle it

It might come to a few new ones that crop up but nothing that really matters and it'll likely be used a supplement and not a replacement

Ehh we said that about automated checkouts like a decade ago but now places like Walmart have completely replaced cashiers, minus one "overseerer" for a set number of checkouts.

that one robot costs more than the annual salary of 4 employees

dioxxys posted...

Ehh we said that about automated checkouts like a decade ago but now places like Walmart have completely replaced cashiers, minus one "overseerer" for a set number of checkouts.

Pretty bad comparison since those cashiers didn't lose their job they just do something else in the store

willythemailboy posted...

One of the guys I worked with took four gallons of paint to the head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lb92tL6R4A

Axiom posted...

Lol nah. It'll be happening but this is still early stage and the vast majority of warehouses out there aren't even close to modern enough to handle it

It might come to a few new ones that crop up but nothing that really matters and it'll likely be used a supplement and not a replacement

Advances in technology happen lightning fast when a breakthrough happens. Just look at AI art, voice, and writing programs. This is the beginning model of robot but for sure they can improve it dramatically in less than a year

This is only the beginning.

Plus, new standards will come into place to make the boxes more standard.