flatbread
Occasional Lurker
I'm trying to get a larger perspective on the company's attempts at introducing automation in hubs. At least in my building...
- We have three Rubus doors. I haven't seen them used in ages. Too many problems with it, I guess, unless there was some Union thing I'm not aware of.
- They brought in these "Clearpath" robotic irreg carts. If rumor is correct, one of them hit a worker, and they've all been collecting massive dust ever since.
- We have a giant robotic arm with suction cups that's supposed to unload pallets. As with Rubus, hasn't been used.
- We still actively use a gaylord dumper for smalls, but it's only as good as Amazon's ability to put just smalls in the gaylords.
- Our automatic sorters work most of the time. The tenders are the under-appreciated backbone of the entire operation.