这个五层楼高的仓库代表了亚马逊在机器人技术方面的最新进展。亚马逊对机器人的研究已经有十多年了，最早可以追溯到2012年他们收购了一个叫Kiva的公司。自那以后，亚马逊一直致力于将机器人技术融入其日常运营中。如今，亚马逊将采用全新的方法，将机器人和AI更深入地整合到工作流程中。Amazon announced the construction of a new distribution center, where the number of working robots will increase significantly by 10 times. At the same time, Amazon is introducing the most advanced Sequoia inventory system to improve efficiency, allowing for more commodities to be stored and making it more convenient for workers to operate. However, this does not mean that robots will replace humans, because the warehouses will still employ many human workers.
On Wednesday, October 9th, Amazon announced during the 'Delivering the Future' event in the US Eastern Time, plans to establish new warehouses to assist in delivery with the help of robots.
The first "next-generation distribution center" is built in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. This warehouse is particularly large, covering an area of 3 million square feet, equivalent to 55 football fields.
This five-story high warehouse represents Amazon's latest progress in robot technology. Amazon has been researching robots for over a decade, dating back to the acquisition of a company called Kiva in 2012. Since then, Amazon has been committed to integrating robot technology into its daily operations. Now, Amazon is taking a new approach by integrating robots and AI more deeply into its workflow.
Although Amazon has not disclosed the specific number of robots that will be deployed in the new warehouse, it has indicated that it will be 10 times more than a standard warehouse. Currently, Amazon has deployed nearly one million robots in its warehouses in the USA.
Amazon now uses a variety of robots, including robots like Kiva that can move around the warehouse on their own (AMR). There are also robot arms named Robin, Cardinal, and Sparrow.
In addition, Amazon has introduced a new inventory system called Sequoia, which is known as the 'most advanced multi-layer container inventory system,' allowing workers to store and retrieve goods faster and safer. In the 'next-generation distribution center,' the Sequoia system is expected to accommodate over 30 million commodities.
Amazon is making this new system even larger to accommodate more items. Currently, the new Sequoia system is five times larger than the first Sequoia system deployed last year in Houston. To achieve this goal, Amazon hired the three founders of Covariant, Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, and Rocky Duan, in August. Their addition will help Amazon deploy AI across all robots and systems in the warehouses.
Currently, amazon is going to test whether these siasun robot&automation systems can cooperate well in the warehouses in Louisiana, because it was very difficult to let different robots work together before.
Despite the introduction of highly automated systems, amazon emphasizes that human employees still play an important role in these new processes. Amazon expects to hire 2,500 people once the warehouses in Louisiana are fully operational.
