Some Ikea Warehouses Run 24 Hours Per Day, In the Dark, with the Work Being Done by Robots
April 20th, 2008Not so much news, but more of an eerie scene to visualize.
Via: CNET:
In Europe, some Ikea warehouses utilize robots to “pick the goods,” a term of art for grabbing products off very high shelves.
These factories, Marston said, are dark, since no lighting is needed for the robots, and run 24 hours a day, picking and moving goods around.
“You (can) stand on a catwalk,” she said, “and you look out at this huge warehouse with 12 palettes (stacked on top of each other) and this robot’s running back and forth running on electronic eyebeams.”
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