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Amazon robots: the coding that went into this is *insane*

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Hi Guys.

 

As the guy responsible for site content, I spend a fair amount of time each week researching trends and topics we should invest more into here on element14. I'm currently on the hunt for cool topics in industrial automation and factory robotics. I came upon the following video which shows how Amazon's warehouse automation uses automatic pallet fetchers to fulfill customer orders. I've watched it twice already, and it still blows me away that this actually works.

 

 

I hope you enjoy watching it, too. image

 

Are there areas of industrial automation you'd like to learn more about, or examples of topics and content you'd like to see more of here on element14?

 

Let me know!

 

Cheers,
Sagar

 

ps Also giving a shout-out to our Top Members in case they have any suggestions. image

  • Interesting the details of managing the robots. Great video find bluescreen

    Clem

  • It all looks simple ... until you add more bots ..

     

    It would be nice to see the method they use for communicating to each bot, how they control what is on each 'pick' point.

     

    The bots themself are interesting and it looked like the warehouse floor was either imbedded or simply marked so they had somethign to follow.

     

     

    Thanks for sharing.

    Mark

  • Sagar

    The industrial robots we see putting vehicles together are clever and efficient.

     

    Have you seen/found or can source the method they use to program them to do the task.

    While the parts are CAD designed, the manipulation and interaction with the jigs/vehicle isn't.

     

    Mark

  • I bet there are some _hilarious_ outtakes during quality assurance testing. image

  • in reply to randomfactor

    A factory automation blooper reel... genius. image

  • I would imagine that the majority of work went into preventing bottlenecks through route optimisation and pod location.

  • Greetings Sagar,

    I saw a video with a hive of quadcopters performing aerial gymnastics that were absolutely incredible. What Amazon, FedEx and others are doing is just the tip of the proverbial technology iceberg.

     

    -Steve

  • in reply to dragonstyne

    Hi

     

    This is one of my all time favourite videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cseTX_rW3uM

    Was it this one you were referring to?

  • in reply to gadget.iom

    Paul--

     

    That was pretty mesmerizing. I liked the Kraftwerk-inspired music as well! Kind of funny how there were nearly as many lights in the audience as everyone was trying to capture the experience on their smartphones. image

     

    YouTube put a bunch of recommended videos in the right rail while I was watching your video, and this one was pretty fun: how much torture can you put a quadcopter through before it quits?