Here we go again...robots

[rod]

I think they are getting closer to a robot delivery driver--or at least a helper.

neat trick at the end

 

[JL 0513]

I think they are getting closer to a robot delivery driver--or at least a helper.

neat trick at the end

Starting to get scary.

 

[Rick Ross]

I heard a rumor yesterday that they are trying to make more hubs automatic. It is sad. Makes me a little bit nervous about our future. Well actually alot nervous.

It's not like you will lose half the jobs in the building. Sorters and pickoffs will be cut but they add back tending jobs to offset some of the losses. I think our smalls also lost about 1/3 of their people even though the smalls volume is crazy...For these buildings to run correctly over 50% of the building will be run through smalls. Sometimes you send a bag with 3 pieces in it, packages in smalls are that large. I've done 400 bags in a 3.5 hour shift before, it sucked!

Loading is much better since you no longer have to scan packages before you load them.

Also, be prepared to wear earplugs...It's quite a bit louder and they are mandatory for inside workers in my building.

 

[oldngray]

New wave of robots set to deliver the goods

https://phys.org/news/2017-01-robots-goods.html

 

[haller]

I think they are getting closer to a robot delivery driver--or at least a helper.

neat trick at the end

It's missing weapons to fend off dogs.

 

[trickpony1]

Will we see robots in the next summer and winter Olympics?

 

[clean hairy]

It's missing weapons to fend off dogs.

What happens when it makes a delivery in the country to a place plastered with "No Trespassing" signs, and some geezer holding a shotgun sees this thing approaching?
It will be able to deliver a Treadmill or irregs, such as a car exhaust?

 

[govols019]

It's the end of the world as we know it.....And I feel fine.

 

[Hellobrown2000]

Lol you all better watch elysium

 

[clean hairy]

Interestingly, in todays paper dallasnews.com on the front page of the Business section, is an article about robots replacing some of the humans in the oilfield.
Perhaps a person more advanced than me can find and post a link to the article?

 

[HEFFERNAN]

This topic again? Until it's about robots I can have sex with, I'm not interested in hearing about it.

LOL
It may not be wise to start teaching robots what disappointment feels like.

 

[sailfish]

LOL
It may not be wise to start teaching robots what disappointment feels like.

I don't care what they think. Show me a good time when I want it then hit the off switch.

 

[El Correcto]

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[CanOSup]

LOL
It may not be wise to start teaching robots what disappointment feels like.

They have to be able to feel "it" to feel the disappointment of it

 

[trickpony1]

01010011 01110100 01101001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01100100 01101111 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01100011 01100001 01110010 01100101 00101110

I flunked binary 101.
What does this say?

 

[El Correcto]

I flunked binary 101.
What does this say?

Still don't care.

 

[km3]

I think our smalls also lost about 1/3 of their people even though the smalls volume is crazy.

Interesting. My building recently (October) upgraded to Next Generation Small Sort, and it forced them to increase the staffing plan by a factor of 50%. A plan of 20 on preload turned into a plan of 30, and a plan of 40 on other shifts turned into 55-60.

Supposedly we're supposed to begin automation here within the next 3.5 years. I'm not too worried. Nobody wants to work here anyway. They had to offer a bonus for the second half of last year to retain people. What began as a $70 bonus became $150, and eventually $250. Per week.

I plan to be gone by then, but I don't think my job will be at risk even if/when it does happen. Truth be told, we need a new building. We're over-capacity every damn day of the year.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Interesting. My building recently (October) upgraded to Next Generation Small Sort, and it forced them to increase the staffing plan by a factor of 50%. A plan of 20 on preload turned into a plan of 30, and a plan of 40 on other shifts turned into 55-60.

Supposedly we're supposed to begin automation here within the next 3.5 years. I'm not too worried. Nobody wants to work here anyway. They had to offer a bonus for the second half of last year to retain people. What began as a $70 bonus became $150, and eventually $250. Per week.

I plan to be gone by then, but I don't think my job will be at risk even if/when it does happen. Truth be told, we need a new building. We're over-capacity every damn day of the year.

Is the bonus paid to new PT employees?

 

[Boxslinger11]

https://www.facebook.com/

example of machine learning. it takes time

 

[Rick Ross]

Interesting. My building recently (October) upgraded to Next Generation Small Sort, and it forced them to increase the staffing plan by a factor of 50%. A plan of 20 on preload turned into a plan of 30, and a plan of 40 on other shifts turned into 55-60.

Supposedly we're supposed to begin automation here within the next 3.5 years. I'm not too worried. Nobody wants to work here anyway. They had to offer a bonus for the second half of last year to retain people. What began as a $70 bonus became $150, and eventually $250. Per week.

I plan to be gone by then, but I don't think my job will be at risk even if/when it does happen. Truth be told, we need a new building. We're over-capacity every damn day of the year.

We went from the NGSS to the new thing that scans and dumps them in their correct bag. I think it's called a tilt tray sorter. The link is similar but obviously much larger. Whatever it's called it can sort some serious packages.