> Resource: [How robots are taking over warehouse work ](https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68639533) > [time=Apr. 24th, 2024] [toc] --- ## Archie :::info **Member Comment** - <1 Sentence Comment> [name=someone] ::: --- ## Azura ```! The article introduces a technique which using the robotic arms to handle the stock in warehouse. There are some firms provide the automation service and products to satisfy some of part of the supply chain within logistics industry. However, the technique hasn't overcome some hard problem, for example, picking up stocks with curved surface safetly, and the cost of these instruments and its environment is quite high. In conclusion, these automatic products have high developing potential, but they can't substitute human within a short period of time. ``` :::info **Member Comment** - <1 Sentence Comment> [name=someone] ::: --- ## Bessy ```! Artificial intelligence is quite popular nowadays. It is gradually being adopted by more and more industries. In this article, it is applied to the warehousing industry with the help of robotics. People may not realize that training a robot to recognize, grab, and move an item is a surprisingly difficult task. It took Ocado, a warehousing company in the UK, several years and 100 engineers to do so. As the use of robotics increases, human staff inevitably decrease. However, there are still challenges to achieve full automation. ``` :::info **Member Comment** - <1 Sentence Comment> [name=someone] ::: --- ## Gary ```! In this essay, it talked about the warehouse is using AI robot to support their work and reduce the workload of people. It makes me remember that in Taiwan, some e-commercial also using those technology for years. This technology is not something new. It just a trend that showing how AI robot are replacing some simple but highly repeatable work. As Bolton said, full automation is still a goal to chase. It still has many problems need to solve first, such as too expensive to build, building design that needed to meet the requirement, and robot behavior improvement. To conclude, AI robot in warehouse shows us the trend of how it replaces simple but highly repeatable work. Also, it talked about what is the future of develop these AI robot and problem it faces. ``` :::info **Member Comment** - <1 Sentence Comment> [name=someone] ::: --- ## Janice > `Personal leave` --- ## Karen :::info **Member Comment** - <1 Sentence Comment> [name=someone] ::: --- ## Vincent ```! Artificial intelligence, automation, quantum computer, etc. These innovative terms come up along with the improvement of information science. In some ways human's sloth promotes the modern technology in order to enhance efficiency, which can make people lazier. However, the advantages are always accompanied by the disadvantages. The financial benefit stem from Cutting-edge technology needs enormous cost that might lead to negative effect. For firms, it will be a challenge striking a balance between reducing the current cost with human resources and keeping the future cost down with automation equipments. ``` :::info **Member Comment** - <1 Sentence Comment> [name=someone] :::