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Amazon’s New Robot Set to Facilitate Better Flows Of Products

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Evolving nature of technology, particularly automation, brings endless applications to supply chain management. In a bid to accelerate better flows of product fulfillment, Amazon introduces Sparrow, a new robot model capable of handling millions of diverse products.

Sparrow is designed to perform tasks during the packaging process including picking up and sorting items and packing them into shipping orders. The new robot can get the orders ready for delivery in a quicker and more accurate manner, which was impossible to achieve with the previous models.

Its functionality is based on machine learning and image recognition. Sparrow is capable of detecting object’s location and picking them up using a clamping device. The robot was launched at a Massachusetts-based robotics facility. It is now under testing at the company’s facility in Texas.

According to the company, Sparrow can manage 65% of the more than 100 million goods in stock. However, it still struggles to package goods with a loose texture.

In recent years, Amazon has placed a strong emphasis on automated robots. Amazon’s robots have topped 200,000 in total, handling roughly 350 million different merchandise.

Earlier this year, the business built a collaborative robot dubbed Proteus to correctly and safely adapt to human work. Proteus was designed as an automatic vacuum cleaner with the ability to raise and move shelves. Proteus can also avoid objects and people while moving thanks to the sensing system.

On the same day that Sparrow was introduced, Amazon also unveiled the MK30 drone delivery model. The device can support a load of up to 5 pounds. The new delivery aircraft is being tested in California and Texas. If it succeeds, it will be available for use in 2024. The latest delivery vehicles are outfitted with advanced safety and autonomous braking systems, as well as device routing and monitoring.

Employing advanced machines to optimize internal processes is the future of the e-commerce and supply chain industries. Berkshire Grey, Righthand Robotics, and Locus Robotics are among the robotics groups that have constructed machines capable of picking up products from inventory. However, using advancements as precisely as swiftly as humans can have just started on the pitch, and robots are still learning to complete complex missions.

Article Source: Amazon
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