Amazon's busiest employee -- the Kiva robot
Amazon is the nation’s top online
retailer moved over one billion worth of merchandise from its dozens of
fulfillment centers to customers’ homes. It offers about 200 million products,
any of which need to be found and fetched by one of about 1,000 workers at each
fulfillment center.it is surprised that we are able to receive items delivery
within very short days. Because Amazon uses Kiva robot to manage its inventory,
it is able to delivery items efficiently.
The Kiva
robot is an orange, squat, clever robot. It can bring the merchandise to the
picker, speeding order fulfillment and eliminating the need for workers to walk
through the warehouses.
When a customer purchases a
product, a Kiva robot is assigned to locate it and bring it to the designated
picker. The robot travels around the warehouse until it has found the storage
pod containing the item. It then rotates underneath the pod, lifting it for transport.
The robot makes its way to the warehouse’s highway system of aisles and
carefully maneuvers itself around other pods using sensors to avoid collisions
until it reaches the proper picker station.
After the picker selects, scans and readies items for
packing, the robot returns the pod to a new space in the warehouse, based on
its remaining inventory levels ─ closer to the back for those without much
product or empty and near the front if they’re full. At some point, the robot
returns to a charging station before its next assignment.
Writing reference;
http://www.usanfranonline.com/resources/supply-chain-management/amazon-inventory-management-success-on-the-backs-of-robots/#.WAFA4jKZPVo
https://www.cnet.com/news/meet-amazons-busiest-employee-the-kiva-robot/
Picture reference;
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http://hackedgadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/kiva-systems-robotic-warehouse_3.jpg
This robot will definitely improve the quality of delivery and efficiency in the market. I am really interested in whether it works automatically. If so , this robot will be a great product which combines the idea of engineering and the application of computer science. And it will bring much convenient to our lives.
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I believe that this is a really good innovation for the delivery process. Whenever I think of the warehouse of Amazon, I really can believe how the staff run everyday to fetch the items. With this robot, it is much easier for Amazon to deliver more easily.
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