WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation
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Video shows Ocado warehouse technology that Sobeys has acquired to prepare #grocery orders is based on an army of small #robots working on 3D hive

Video shows Ocado warehouse technology that Sobeys has acquired to prepare #grocery orders is based on an army of small #robots working on 3D hive | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
1.7 million items a day across its four fulfilment centres
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WHY IT MATTERS: On the heals of recent technology deals between Ocado and Carrefour in France and Sobeys in Canada, this paper and others explain how the technology works.

HUMAN-LESS WAREHOUSE

The technology is akin to a huge vending machine, where products are stored in compartments that robots can access when required. More important is that this technology can apply to any product you can buy online, not only grocery. In fact, figuring grocery item picking is probably the most difficult product category - with 3 temperature items (room, cold, frozen) and lots of small and delicate products (think tomatoes and meat). This will help reduce the cost and errors of web order fulfilment, and potentially speed delivery to make 1hr delays possible. When coupled with robot manipulation and self-driving delivery vans, the days of human-free order preparation and delivery is fast approaching.

RETAIL ARMAGGEDON

This will revolutionize the way we think of retail and distribution by making the store useless. The value chain will become produce-warehouse-home.

 

https://www.theengineer.co.uk/grocery-4-0-ocado-reshapes-retail-grocery-with-robotics-and-automation/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iogFXDWqDak 

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The Robots are Here: a 30min video on the state of #robots & #robotics in 2017 @su_globalsummit

The robots are indeed already here. I work at a university where my job is teaching students and doing research and robotics and so I really what I want to convey to you today is the trends that I see robotics research going that will ultimately turn into actual products and directions that you might be able to take advantage of in the future.

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WHY IT MATTERS : the video provides a great review of the state of technology when it comes to robots and robotics today from one of the leading researcher in the field. The talk is peppered with short videos of actual robots so you get a good sense of what's possible today. But remember that we live in an exponential growth era, so things improve very fast.

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Amazon challenge tests #robots stow & pick skills, soon to replace humans in #warehouse

Amazon challenge tests #robots stow & pick skills, soon to replace humans in #warehouse | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

Picking stuff up and putting it away sounds like child's play, but to online retailer Amazon.com, it is a high-tech, high-stakes game. This year, contestants competed in timed stowing and picking operations -- simple enough for humans yet nearly impossible for robots to perform reliably. For stowing, each robot was rated on how efficiently it could pick up items and put them on a shelf. In the picking phase, the robots had to put specified items into the proper boxes. The top eight advanced to the final round.

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WHY IT MATTERS: robots will soon replace humans in Amazon warehouses, as there are already 45000 kiva robots and growing. Moreover, the tasks that robots can perform is expanding and Amazon is pushing the limits of what's possible with this annual robotics challenge. 

Also see

- Economist story http://econ.st/2yO8n90 

- projections that US manufacturing jobs will continue decline while robots growth at an accelerated pace http://bit.ly/2yOFhWO 

- PWC estimates that robots will replace pretty every human worker in every industry https://pwc.to/2yQ270n 

teamfillets's comment, November 3, 2017 10:52 PM
Extremely good...!!
flaredauction's comment, November 4, 2017 1:00 AM

Extremely good...!!
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Kindred Robots Are Learning to Grab and Sort Clothing in a Warehouse for the Gap

Kindred Robots Are Learning to Grab and Sort Clothing in a Warehouse for the Gap | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

Next time you shop online for jeans or T-shirts from the Gap, you may have artificial intelligence to thank when the correct items arrive on your doorstep.

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WHY IT MATTERS: forecasts are that robots will outnumber human workers in Amazon warehouses by 2020. This trial from GAP goes along in that direction: remotely-controlled robots with AI help prepare orders in the warehouse. This tech should be on everyone's strategic plan for distribution and logistics in the coming years.

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Robots learning how to select a different clotes!
teamfillets's comment, November 3, 2017 10:53 PM
Its magnificent :)
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