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Oh dear well that is the human part of the warehouse gone.

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    Oh dear well that is the human part of the warehouse gone.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-products.html

    Amazon's new robotic arm uses AI and suction cups to pick up and identify MILLIONS of diverse products representing about 65% of its inventory - and could one day replace a large chunk of its human workers
    • Amazon's new robotic arm is capable of handling and sorting millions of unique items - a major milestone for the ecommerce giant
    • The robotic arm, dubbed Sparrow, is powered by a combination of artificial intelligence, computer vision and suction cups
    • Sparrow can deftly pick up and move items that vary in shape, size and texture - potentially putting a large number of workers' jobs at risk in the future
    • 'Working with our employees, Sparrow will take on repetitive tasks, enabling our employees to focus their time and energy on other things,' Amazon says
    focus their time and energy on keeping warm and foraging for food?

    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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