Robots May Box Your Orders At Amazon

Robots May Box Your Orders At Amazon

Amazon is considering the CartonWrap machines from CMC Srl, which can build boxes around custom orders and add seals and labels. The machines can reportedly build 600 to 700 boxes per hour, which is four to five times faster than a human.

Amazon is piloting this new technology with the goal of increasing safety, speeding up delivery times and adding efficiency across its network.

This is a good way to boost automation while retailers wait for robotics that can delicately lift and sort items. While these machines might replace humans, rather than lay off workers, Amazon might simply stop filling packing roles as they become available. This is one of the clearer examples of how automation might reduce warehouse jobs, it could also spare workers from those dangerous roles.

Source: Engadget

Name of Author: Christine Fisher

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