Very poor video. 4 minutes of rolling robots ! What do they do, where does the produce enter the system, how does the robot pack the crate, how do the crates move. VERY uninformative.
Suspect a lot of that is commercially sensitive. But I thought the same. Anyway, sadly they were hit by a HUGE fire last week. Hopefully it will be up and running again soon.
Yeah. I just found this channel today and have been rummaging through the video selection and although there are many videos that seem interesting, I found pretty much all of the ones I tried so far to be uninformative and disappointing. They all have this weird smoke and mirrors BS thing going on, where they seem to try to hide the fact that they deliver almost no actual information with a lot of repetitive video material of shit moving around. What I mean is, I don't just have the feeling of having watched a badly made video, I get the feeling some scammer is trying to bamboozle me and jingle a set of keys in front of my eyes, like I'm a baby. There seems to be a weird and counter intuitive market on TH-cam, of science and tech themed videos, made for really low IQ people. I don't get it. Are people who are too dumb to notice how bad, hollow and empty those videos are, really that interested in this science and tech stuff?
The robots pick up the crates and carry them inside their bodies. It's not hidden as such, just that no-one thought of making them transparent. You can see them reaching down into the crates, at some points. They're not "just rolling around", they're pick and packing. The more and faster they move crates, the more efficient the warehouse is.
TBoy205 under neath the robots there is another floor and on that floor employees are organizing orders and placing them in crates for the robots to take and organize. Also in the video it shows that the robots are just rolling around the grid but what they are actually doing is organizing order, picking, and packing orders. The video doesn’t show very good detail of what they are doing but most of the operations that you can visually see is under neath the robots on the floor below them.
Joyce Ann Warnke High I agree that this wasn't too informative. I want to share this video, but I can't answer basic questions about how this works. Do the robots pick up foods from below? Can they carry more than one item at once? Where do the orders get dropped off? This video didn't answer basic questions...
"How does the system work? … The robots act as a giant goods-to-person system." Who writes this shit?! That's _what it does_ not _how it works._ Talk about stating the obvious and telling us nothing! They're battery operated, huh? Who would've imagined! It's amazing that Tech Insider have been given access to film this system, and even shot some beautiful drone footage, but fell short of actually telling us anything useful whatsoever. _facepalm_
@@nagualdesign Ocado is the source of the video, according to the credits. Basically it's an ad for their company that Tech Insider packages as "information. " A lot of so-called news services operate this way now, there's no longer impartial, investigative journalism.
@@Rickyroko I am a driver for Ocado and they've just opened one of these warehouses, also known as CFC's (Customer Fulfillment Center) in Bristol. From what i know about this is, yes the robots pick the shopping from the grid below and then it's taken to a member of staff on a filling station that packs all the shopping into bags.
Imagine a single robot with 1000 arms. Now imagine those arms are not arms, but just extensions of itself that it can interact with the world via, now imagine they're wireless. It's a single AI mind controlling a disjointed body, uses lasers to detect when it moves past a square on the grid and the AI tells its body how far to move, when to stop, what it should see, what it should do. If it sees something other than predicted beneath it, it investigates and waits for new instructions.
They're basically wireless unrigged claw-machine arms with eyes operated by a an AI. Each tile of the grid has items under it, they deposit, organise and collect items in order to fulfil orders.
izz Hipp So you see a robot moving around and it's enough for you. Perhaps some people want to know how these robots pick up 6-pack of bottled water or other bulkier items, or how they assemble large orders where there are more than 2 crates required.
I've been an Ocado customer for nigh on twenty years. The robot system in Andover is amazing. I've watched these videos many times and I'm still in awe. Absolutely fantastic. I so wish they had open days to actually be there to watch. My orders come from Andover and it would make an old girl really happy to be able to see my weekly order being picked and packed. Wishful thinking I suppose ....
"they are using 4G, and thats how they don't crash". LOL They don't crash because few under payed programmers did the whole job writing the algorithm. 4G is just communication protocol.
This video does not explain the most basic question: what are these carriages actually doing. I thought they drop stuff into the crates, but they don't. So what do they actually do? Only placing a crate at a certain position? Why?
That machine is out there. It can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear and it absolutely will not stop, ever. Until you are fed.
More information on what the bots are actually doing would be really great. Do they get assigned one persons order each and travel around until they have all the items, then deliver them to an allocated slot? Or is there one bot per grocery item delivering their one item to all the customer crates that have ordered the item? Or do the bots only replace empty grocery crates? As shown?
It is like in a normal warehouse with people doing it, robots have assigned an station and, that station has assigned a list of items. Robots pick up an item and drop it into a tote
It is like the Amazon robotic fulfillment centers with robots moving shelfs. Each bot moves one tote filled with all of the same item. The totes for one order are all collected together in one long line. At the pick station, the item(s) from the totes are place into the customer order. The totes returns to the grid via the robots. By the way, the pick stations are primarily humans and not robots like shown in this video. Robots are currently not good at handling things like eggs. It should be also noted that each spot in the grid can be up to 7 totes deep (all of the same item).
This is great! I’m a firm believer that technology should replace humans in mundane, easy, and maybe even dangerous positions so that everyone can have a passion job that they care about rather than a service job that they only do to get by!
This is how automated cars should be when they communicate to each other to avoid crashing and the quickest lane swerving to get to the destination. Hopefully this system will be in our cars eventually.
Woah, I had no idea ordering from Ocado was so futuristic! I thought someone went round the warehouse with a shopping list collecting the items, putting them into bags, and then loading the van 🙈 xx
@@raymond_luxury_yacht actually there are fire detectors in it and would automatically alarm the fire department which might even be more efficient that humans also there are still workers in there maybe just a couple but still
An explenation could help. These robots are basically digging for a tote , picking it up , holding it inside the robot and than bring it to a human pick station. There the operator picks one or more items from the tote and puts these in a client carton. In the video you also see a cobot doing some picking. Still humans are more efficient for this last stage and able to arrange stuff in a box without braking the lot.
Creates efficiency, eliminates workers, inventory and their facilities, reduces damage and liabilities, reduces transportstion costs, improves security and supply line controls, a win win.
Wow! This is a very nice concept. There are a few things which don't help understand if the stated robots are indeed robots or simply PLC controlled trolleys. The grid of crates can be seen as an N×M grid of fixed dimension p×q cells and considering the know speed of trolleys and M trolleys, all one needs to do at the back end is to right an algorithm to move the trolleys in direction(seek cell, restore cell, destination) and ensure collision avoidance. All of this can be done through PLC and through ATC, within a stupulated time, a trajectory change if needed for trolleys be programmed or the number of cells to go can be sent in real time. The logic control for this application may be simpler than that for Uber. At the crate filling end, the robotic arm is not shown to be more than one that allow bar code scanning. But this part is more AI than the one on the grid, however still simpler than robotic arms in car assembly lines. The question is : Is AI needed for applications for which PLC is just enough. But it is still a very amazing achievement to be able to 65k orders per week. Good for warehouses, meaning large e commerce companies, but an overkill for retail.
What if you wanted to add another grocery items or cancel it. And the paid was already made? How would that be process if there was a return of 1 item or an additional item to be included?
The battery-based nonserviceable grid structure almost asks for contitious problems. It has everything ready to go wrong. Not to mention that it wastes the whole floor with just one layer of storage units. Fully automated warehouses is not the future, they exist now. But that thing is an example of how not to build one.
its weird that this set-up only has one layer of storage units, these systems normally go the whole way from the roof down to the floor with just enough space at the top for the robots to move. some robots can sink down to lower layers
In 2005, I wrote a speech titled "Imagine a future...", in which I played with the idea of robots controlling every aspect of our daily lives, including work, cleaning, cooking, and exercising (nanobots inserted into the bloodstream to keep us healthy). I was laughed at by my classmates. It's weird how that works.
Shame the warehouse burnt down. Currently being rebuilt. Think one of the robots caught fire and the wasnt adequate fire suppression systems in place.Ocado great foodtech company in the UK. Selling its tech to other large scale food companies worldwide.🖒
"They communicate on a 4G network to avoid bumping into each other." We think that this statement is probably not true. They have a proprietary communications network that allows it to communicate with an extremely low latency.
1:20 video never said 4G network, it said 4G technology. Local networks can use 4G as well. Ionly way to cover such a large area reliably with all the metal structure and beams. Wi-Fi would have deadspots or require complicated system of switches and access points. Easier to put up 2 or 3 cell transmitters
Why not use AI and upload the order to the robot on it delivering its load? I've seen a lecture theatre on TH-cam with drones flying around like bees who don't collide. To me the system on display hasn't embraced AI either due to costs or incompetence in the procurement process. It's the need to hold onto the scanner pick methodology when paper picking thought should have been embraced. Too many management imbeciles in this industry to make progress on any meaningful level.
This same concept could apply to modular rental apartments. Installing and removing old units as well as maintenance can all be done with robots on rail systems.
Wonderful technology that *will save time for the people,* and also will save the fuel that they need to drive to shops. The delivery to many people is more efficient, than driving for every order back and forth to the location of the shop. Shopping is still fun, but people will do it for fun only, not because we are required to go to a physical store.
I presume it would be a massive set up cost but pays for itself over the years. No sickness, no wages. It's the future, all the boring shit jobs will be automated.
ULT Denzel Curry I work for Amazon and I can tell you that the addition of automation had not reduced any jobs in my facility. It's allowed us to produce more.
Question : 1 : how dig the bin from very bottom? do we need empty rack just for that? 2 : if two or more station have same products, is the bin wait the first station or the system tell the other station to pick from the first station? 3 : since it a system/robots, how to encounter if there is a failure, such jamming, or fire?
People will find better jobs than doing things that are worthless in the face of technology. You don’t see people hand copying a book when there are photo copier.
It would have been nice to see the products being collected and emptied. I would think that this system would help the staff not having to collect items individually for packing.
Interesting footage. From the video, it appears each basket contains a different product and multiple baskets are stacked below. Presumably the robots can lift off the top basket when empty, and a full one is lifted up to take its place. But how does it know where to reach within the basket and which method of lifting to use? Must be multiple arms as a suction cup wouldn't work on a pack of crisps... perhaps they are specialized with different lifting methods, would explain the colour coding of their tops.
Automation has brought about numerous benefits to different industries and economies around the world. One of the most significant advantages of automation is that it increases productivity, efficiency, and accuracy while reducing the time and costs of production. By automating repetitive, mundane, and physically demanding tasks, human labor can be shifted to more creative and value-adding activities. Historically, simple tools such as the plow, wheel, and printing press replaced laborers and revolutionized entire industries. Today, robots and other automated technologies are replacing human labor in tasks such as assembly line work, packaging, and material handling. However, this does not necessarily mean that automation will lead to job loss. Instead, it can free up human resources to work on higher value tasks, such as product design, research and development, marketing, and customer service. Furthermore, automation can create new job opportunities in areas such as maintenance, repair, and programming of the machines. As new technologies are developed, new skills are required, and individuals can adapt to these changes by retraining and learning new skills. By integrating automation, businesses can become more competitive, reduce costs, and increase their profitability, which can lead to expansion and the creation of new job opportunities. In summary, while automation may displace some jobs, it can also create new opportunities and improve efficiency and productivity in the long run. It's important to remember that automation should be used to complement and enhance human labor, rather than replace it entirely.
The problem is though that this is taking low skilled work from the poorest parts of society who are then demonised for being on benefits when they can't get a job, assuming you they are in a country that even pays benefits/welfare. Nobody ever considers the fact that as we further introduce this you are going to increase the numbers pushed on to welfare as the jobs dry up unless we start to rethink how we will find a way for those unable to get jobs to survive. After all look how many people were actually operating those thousands of machines instead of all those machines being an employee. Meantime the companies pocket even bigger profits with lower wage bills to pay and the rich get richer again. Let's be honest, they've never been too fussed about how average joe on the streets survives.
For all who saying how this works is simple, underneath the grids are baskets full off products, the Robert travels to a slot on the grid and picks up the product from below, different product have different weight, i.e so in other words a store will order just say 1 tuna tin which weighs 150grams, the Robert will picked this up into it self and move on to the next product on its list for that store, if the product is not picked for what ever reason the Robert will know due to its weight and will attempt to pick it later. For the Robert to do all this it has to be Manuel input in to the Robert system to know which slots to go to pick up products the store are out of stock off
Wow...and imagine I, as a youngster, had to walk all the way to the back of Ruby Jones's little grocery store in rural Alabama to fetch a cold can of coke. But somehow, the excitement and fun of that little trip stays with me 50+ years later.
This factory actually burnt down due to an electrical fire. I live near it and everyone had to be moved out of the houses nearby because of the toxic smoke
@@crywhit4619 So you are an automated Bernie Bro, cool. Seriously, I respect Bernie, and I just asked what is his answer to the looming automation crisis. If you don't know you don't have to answer.
I recently saw a waaaay smaller sample of probably the same company's work , each bot cost as much as a car, fast and efficient, self optimizing algorithms. the building was constructed with this automated warehouse in mind since the inception.
Why would someone do an inside video if they don't explain the process at all? Goods come this way, robots do this and this, order goes that way etc etc
do the robots actually pick any of the items from the crates? this is notoriously difficult and no company as far as I know has a picking robot that can pick diverse items such as a bag of chips, a doll, a packet of biscuits etc with the correct pressure etc without breaking or dropping some items. i would really like to know if this company has solved that as it is a game changer, I strongly suspect they have not
Highly unlikely to form future warehouse needs. Ocado doesn't sell or own product. It's just a fulfilment agent. Most warehouses have to hold significant stocks to either fulfil internet or retail operations, or both, so space is the key to efficiency and this system simply doesn't meet those requirements taking up massive swathes of area that looks unoccupied in many places. You store vertically, not horizontally, to maximise space use. And pack bin storage to the brim not loosely as these are. A fulfilment agent NOT a retail warehousing or internet warehousing operation.
Why are they still scanning the bar code? Why doesn't the system know what items are placed in the basket? The robot could scan the code before putting the item in the basket. The basket could scan the code.
@@lakeberg5102 Could be, but i can't think of a reason why... Can you explain why you think it wastes energy ? I'd think the overhead of the charging of batteries, and the innefficiency of them should waste more no ?
I don't think the sociopaths that run our society have remembered that. Alternatively, they just don't care and expect as all to accept becoming destitute.
@@southbayrickybobby5820 What has socialism got to do with this? Or are you another ignoramous for which the term 'socialism' is used to describe anything that does not fit into your world view?
blackrabbit212 No need for humans, and their rights, and sick days, vacations, error. Goes hand in hand with welfare and abortion. The socialist future....
Turns out they’re not so good at not burning the whole warehouse down though! A quick google of Ocala warehouse fire ANDOVER will explain a bit better. ... oops. Maybe not the future just yet.
Nice concept, if they can get the mantenance aspect right (as in hardware, software AND *capable* technicians). I work in intralogistics, and I very regularly see companies (including with the one from Jeff) boasting about all-automated warehouses, but fail to mention that it actually runs ten weeks a years. The rest of the time it would sitting still because in of a fault, not waiting for a part, but for someone able to come, undestand the process and troubleshoot the problem - logistics is one of the lowest paying industries so not many people are specialised in it, it is starting to catch up on others. I wish them the best nontheless.
AutoStore is a TL-ASRS and maintains a global average uptime of 99.7%. An AutoStore system has error handling software that sections off a portion of the grid when a robot has an unrecoverable fault and the rest of the system is allowed to continue operations. Some issues do trigger a system shutdown, like when the robot loses communication with the wireless access points, but those are quickly resolved by removing the robot to the maintenance bay. Naturally this isn't total automation since the system still requires human monitoring and intervention, but it still delivers impressive throughout and scales well.
Very poor video. 4 minutes of rolling robots !
What do they do, where does the produce enter the system, how does the robot pack the crate, how do the crates move.
VERY uninformative.
Not by humans. Goodbye JOBS.....yellow Venezuelamerica
The system is called AutoStore.
Suspect a lot of that is commercially sensitive. But I thought the same. Anyway, sadly they were hit by a HUGE fire last week. Hopefully it will be up and running again soon.
Yeah. I just found this channel today and have been rummaging through the video selection and although there are many videos that seem interesting, I found pretty much all of the ones I tried so far to be uninformative and disappointing. They all have this weird smoke and mirrors BS thing going on, where they seem to try to hide the fact that they deliver almost no actual information with a lot of repetitive video material of shit moving around. What I mean is, I don't just have the feeling of having watched a badly made video, I get the feeling some scammer is trying to bamboozle me and jingle a set of keys in front of my eyes, like I'm a baby. There seems to be a weird and counter intuitive market on TH-cam, of science and tech themed videos, made for really low IQ people. I don't get it. Are people who are too dumb to notice how bad, hollow and empty those videos are, really that interested in this science and tech stuff?
The robots pick up the crates and carry them inside their bodies. It's not hidden as such, just that no-one thought of making them transparent. You can see them reaching down into the crates, at some points. They're not "just rolling around", they're pick and packing. The more and faster they move crates, the more efficient the warehouse is.
“How do the robots work? They move along a grid system.”
No shit?
@@boblatter3851 who cares
Yeah this video is made by a 15 year old for a presentaion competition.
K Blocks Sane people
TBoy205 under neath the robots there is another floor and on that floor employees are organizing orders and placing them in crates for the robots to take and organize. Also in the video it shows that the robots are just rolling around the grid but what they are actually doing is organizing order, picking, and packing orders. The video doesn’t show very good detail of what they are doing but most of the operations that you can visually see is under neath the robots on the floor below them.
Don't forget the: "How does the system work? The robots act as a giant goods-to-person system."
Not very informative.
YOU aren't very informative.
Joyce Ann Warnke High I agree that this wasn't too informative. I want to share this video, but I can't answer basic questions about how this works. Do the robots pick up foods from below? Can they carry more than one item at once? Where do the orders get dropped off? This video didn't answer basic questions...
"How does the system work? … The robots act as a giant goods-to-person system."
Who writes this shit?! That's _what it does_ not _how it works._ Talk about stating the obvious and telling us nothing! They're battery operated, huh? Who would've imagined!
It's amazing that Tech Insider have been given access to film this system, and even shot some beautiful drone footage, but fell short of actually telling us anything useful whatsoever. _facepalm_
@@nagualdesign Ocado is the source of the video, according to the credits. Basically it's an ad for their company that Tech Insider packages as "information. " A lot of so-called news services operate this way now, there's no longer impartial, investigative journalism.
@@Rickyroko I am a driver for Ocado and they've just opened one of these warehouses, also known as CFC's (Customer Fulfillment Center) in Bristol. From what i know about this is, yes the robots pick the shopping from the grid below and then it's taken to a member of staff on a filling station that packs all the shopping into bags.
The explanation of how they work is ridiculous. I have more questions now than I did before watching this video.
it is the family business only promode thier people
Maybe that was the point of the video?
Dude chill
Imagine a single robot with 1000 arms.
Now imagine those arms are not arms, but just extensions of itself that it can interact with the world via, now imagine they're wireless.
It's a single AI mind controlling a disjointed body, uses lasers to detect when it moves past a square on the grid and the AI tells its body how far to move, when to stop, what it should see, what it should do.
If it sees something other than predicted beneath it, it investigates and waits for new instructions.
They're basically wireless unrigged claw-machine arms with eyes operated by a an AI.
Each tile of the grid has items under it, they deposit, organise and collect items in order to fulfil orders.
Weird. A lot of video. And no explaination at all.
THey're taking jobs, that's what. Deport all robots!
No explanation NEEDED. Its coming and billions will be WITHOUT jobs
if u r the one who make them.u wont be replace by them
izz Hipp
So you see a robot moving around and it's enough for you. Perhaps some people want to know how these robots pick up 6-pack of bottled water or other bulkier items, or how they assemble large orders where there are more than 2 crates required.
izz Hipp people are a pain in the ass anyway
I've been an Ocado customer for nigh on twenty years. The robot system in Andover is amazing. I've watched these videos many times and I'm still in awe. Absolutely fantastic. I so wish they had open days to actually be there to watch. My orders come from Andover and it would make an old girl really happy to be able to see my weekly order being picked and packed. Wishful thinking I suppose ....
Not clearly explained :/
They are controlled by an air traffic control system
???? 😂😂😂
Frankerzed lol
I was expecting a few planes to land here...😆
Leaked video of the new Wall-E movie
Wall-E 2.0 last human on the Earth.
Fury 2k lol
Protip for the developers, wherever they are: If the robots move on aluminum rails, why on earth are you using batteries?
Maybe because supplying xxxx amounts of electricity through alu isnt a good idea?
huraaaaa.... now we have more unemployed people ... thank you ocado
"they are using 4G, and thats how they don't crash". LOL
They don't crash because few under payed programmers did the whole job writing the algorithm. 4G is just communication protocol.
4G = 4th generation. it can be of anything mobile network,fighter jet.. robots .. :)
And yet they still crash into eachother and fall over XD
@Richard Hunter cause we work at ocado
@Richard Hunter nah im working in msc now :) but believe me we all get paid the same and them bots are rlly bad
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I thought this was about Amazon for a second
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This video does not explain the most basic question: what are these carriages actually doing. I thought they drop stuff into the crates, but they don't. So what do they actually do? Only placing a crate at a certain position? Why?
APolly Indeed! With this it becomes perfectly clear!
My favorite part: 2:02- "How does the system work? The robots act as a giant goods-to-person system." 🤣🤣🤣 Who wrote this script, lol
That machine is out there.
It can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with.
It doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear and it absolutely will not stop, ever.
Until you are fed.
yeah, but where do the groceries come from in this system?
The bins under each station look like they could be for each individual customer. If so the robots are just fulfilling each order, or?
No, the bins are storage and the robots have an internal bin it seems
seems they didn't explain this very well in the video
Adam Mackey Smith u yes exactly
Adam Mackey Smith it make u finish the video and they get money if u finish watch the video
More information on what the bots are actually doing would be really great.
Do they get assigned one persons order each and travel around until they have all the items, then deliver them to an allocated slot? Or is there one bot per grocery item delivering their one item to all the customer crates that have ordered the item? Or do the bots only replace empty grocery crates? As shown?
It is like in a normal warehouse with people doing it, robots have assigned an station and, that station has assigned a list of items. Robots pick up an item and drop it into a tote
It is like the Amazon robotic fulfillment centers with robots moving shelfs. Each bot moves one tote filled with all of the same item. The totes for one order are all collected together in one long line. At the pick station, the item(s) from the totes are place into the customer order. The totes returns to the grid via the robots. By the way, the pick stations are primarily humans and not robots like shown in this video. Robots are currently not good at handling things like eggs. It should be also noted that each spot in the grid can be up to 7 totes deep (all of the same item).
This is great! I’m a firm believer that technology should replace humans in mundane, easy, and maybe even dangerous positions so that everyone can have a passion job that they care about rather than a service job that they only do to get by!
Nothing was explained
Doesn't need explaining its a over complicated bombay sorter in a jist of it
This is how automated cars should be when they communicate to each other to avoid crashing and the quickest lane swerving to get to the destination. Hopefully this system will be in our cars eventually.
I doubt many humans would appreciate such rapid acceleration and deceleration
Woah, I had no idea ordering from Ocado was so futuristic! I thought someone went round the warehouse with a shopping list collecting the items, putting them into bags, and then loading the van 🙈 xx
except when their warehouse burns down because no one was onsite to notice the fire. lol.
@@raymond_luxury_yacht actually there are fire detectors in it and would automatically alarm the fire department which might even be more efficient that humans also there are still workers in there maybe just a couple but still
Makes sense why so much of damaged lately amd eggs packed with tins
Maybe there is someone hiding inside each robot ready to grab the items. 😂
Very poorly made video. It's just clickbait with absolutely no information. Waist of two minutes of my life when I have so many questions.
@oyeahyeah 98inches
They want to sell shots and brand promotion. Not give trade secrets.
Aquila Latin it's secret probably
Dev S ok
Aquila Latin ya and what do you have? Bring what you have.
An explenation could help. These robots are basically digging for a tote , picking it up , holding it inside the robot and than bring it to a human pick station. There the operator picks one or more items from the tote and puts these in a client carton. In the video you also see a cobot doing some picking. Still humans are more efficient for this last stage and able to arrange stuff in a box without braking the lot.
I wish there was footage of how the pick and pack orders.
This video here is useless.
Creates efficiency, eliminates workers, inventory and their facilities, reduces damage and liabilities, reduces transportstion costs, improves security and supply line controls, a win win.
Of course it will be the future. It's not a matter of how, it's a matter of when
I'm amazed there isn't a single comment about the place burning to the ground.
Wow! This is a very nice concept.
There are a few things which don't help understand if the stated robots are indeed robots or simply PLC controlled trolleys.
The grid of crates can be seen as an N×M grid of fixed dimension p×q cells and considering the know speed of trolleys and M trolleys, all one needs to do at the back end is to right an algorithm to move the trolleys in direction(seek cell, restore cell, destination) and ensure collision avoidance. All of this can be done through PLC and through ATC, within a stupulated time, a trajectory change if needed for trolleys be programmed or the number of cells to go can be sent in real time. The logic control for this application may be simpler than that for Uber.
At the crate filling end, the robotic arm is not shown to be more than one that allow bar code scanning. But this part is more AI than the one on the grid, however still simpler than robotic arms in car assembly lines.
The question is : Is AI needed for applications for which PLC is just enough.
But it is still a very amazing achievement to be able to 65k orders per week. Good for warehouses, meaning large e commerce companies, but an overkill for retail.
You idiots it's not a nice concept is a concept to eliminate employment
They all look so HAPPY!
If one of those things breaks down in the middle. Imagine trying to get to it haha
Haha that’s funny 😂
They have a recovery robot to go collect it.
We have zip lines above to pick them back up again.
call maintenance..
To Genius 😂 What you think they don’t have backup? Or thought about it
They also pack fudge.
Some call it progress,
Others call it corporate greed.
Hey Alexa fire the Amazon warehouse employees.
I am gonna cry. What engineering... Future is now
Meanwhile in the Asda warehouse they have a ZX Spectrum running a Technical Lego robot which is why my shopping always arrives battered and wrong!
I worked doing that system with them. Really is an incredible system
Another stellar video that fails to explain what’s going on, bravo!
R.I.P. little robots.
Imagine how much fun an hacker could have.
What if you wanted to add another grocery items or cancel it. And the paid was already made? How would that be process if there was a return of 1 item or an additional item to be included?
Amazon Kiva Stow Systems is more impressive to me than this. How do you fix a robot that breaks down in the middle of the grid?
The battery-based nonserviceable grid structure almost asks for contitious problems. It has everything ready to go wrong. Not to mention that it wastes the whole floor with just one layer of storage units. Fully automated warehouses is not the future, they exist now. But that thing is an example of how not to build one.
its weird that this set-up only has one layer of storage units, these systems normally go the whole way from the roof down to the floor with just enough space at the top for the robots to move. some robots can sink down to lower layers
In 2005, I wrote a speech titled "Imagine a future...", in which I played with the idea of robots controlling every aspect of our daily lives, including work, cleaning, cooking, and exercising (nanobots inserted into the bloodstream to keep us healthy). I was laughed at by my classmates. It's weird how that works.
I'm still laughing.
No unions, no sick days, no retirement, no attitude, works 24/7, this is good.
POV: you came here after Tom Scott’s video
I didn't.
*robots moving on a grid for 2 min*
"It moves on a grid"
Oh, You don't say?
Song is "Anywhere But Here" by Only Emily.
Also RIP jobs. Basic income when?
Shame the warehouse burnt down. Currently being rebuilt. Think one of the robots caught fire and the wasnt adequate fire suppression systems in place.Ocado great foodtech company in the UK. Selling its tech to other large scale food companies worldwide.🖒
right - except the fact, that the bots are not their own product. They bought the system from Autostore
@@christianherzmaier4886 latest report the insurers will be covering the 100 million GBP fire costs. Fact!
"They communicate on a 4G network to avoid bumping into each other." We think that this statement is probably not true. They have a proprietary communications network that allows it to communicate with an extremely low latency.
1:20 video never said 4G network, it said 4G technology. Local networks can use 4G as well. Ionly way to cover such a large area reliably with all the metal structure and beams. Wi-Fi would have deadspots or require complicated system of switches and access points. Easier to put up 2 or 3 cell transmitters
Why not use AI and upload the order to the robot on it delivering its load? I've seen a lecture theatre on TH-cam with drones flying around like bees who don't collide. To me the system on display hasn't embraced AI either due to costs or incompetence in the procurement process. It's the need to hold onto the scanner pick methodology when paper picking thought should have been embraced. Too many management imbeciles in this industry to make progress on any meaningful level.
This same concept could apply to modular rental apartments. Installing and removing old units as well as maintenance can all be done with robots on rail systems.
Wonderful technology that *will save time for the people,* and also will save the fuel that they need to drive to shops. The delivery to many people is more efficient, than driving for every order back and forth to the location of the shop.
Shopping is still fun, but people will do it for fun only, not because we are required to go to a physical store.
Yeap and also will leave thousands if not millions of people without a job… 😅
This video is missing all the information about how it works. Who wasted their time on it?
Employers must really be sick to death of UK workers and all their BS to go to this effort and expense.
I presume it would be a massive set up cost but pays for itself over the years. No sickness, no wages. It's the future, all the boring shit jobs will be automated.
Nobody understood what robots were doing yet %90 of viewers liked it. TH-cam is really interesting place.
Jeff bezos might replace human workers with robots soon enough
He already is, have you seen HIS automated warehouses?
Jeff bezos hate human! He will replace all with robots if possible!
ULT Denzel Curry I work for Amazon and I can tell you that the addition of automation had not reduced any jobs in my facility. It's allowed us to produce more.
Good. Cheaper prices and faster shipping
He already is, they use robotics from Dematic
Question :
1 : how dig the bin from very bottom? do we need empty rack just for that?
2 : if two or more station have same products, is the bin wait the first station or the system tell the other station to pick from the first station?
3 : since it a system/robots, how to encounter if there is a failure, such jamming, or fire?
Workers: thanks for stealing our work
This is the reason why so many people are unemployed!
People will find better jobs than doing things that are worthless in the face of technology. You don’t see people hand copying a book when there are photo copier.
Well if most jobs go automated who will then be able to buy the product.
It would have been nice to see the products being collected and emptied. I would think that this system would help the staff not having to collect items individually for packing.
Insider Team, just curious to know who fills the basket underneath?
2:33
This is a shoplifter’s worse nightmare 😱
Interesting footage. From the video, it appears each basket contains a different product and multiple baskets are stacked below. Presumably the robots can lift off the top basket when empty, and a full one is lifted up to take its place. But how does it know where to reach within the basket and which method of lifting to use? Must be multiple arms as a suction cup wouldn't work on a pack of crisps... perhaps they are specialized with different lifting methods, would explain the colour coding of their tops.
It's a nice concept, till you lose your job over it and have to try and find one that won't be replaced by robot
These robots are cool. The rate of information made me feel like this was a presentation meant to be accompanied by a speaker.
cool if you want to lose your job
Automation has brought about numerous benefits to different industries and economies around the world. One of the most significant advantages of automation is that it increases productivity, efficiency, and accuracy while reducing the time and costs of production. By automating repetitive, mundane, and physically demanding tasks, human labor can be shifted to more creative and value-adding activities.
Historically, simple tools such as the plow, wheel, and printing press replaced laborers and revolutionized entire industries. Today, robots and other automated technologies are replacing human labor in tasks such as assembly line work, packaging, and material handling. However, this does not necessarily mean that automation will lead to job loss. Instead, it can free up human resources to work on higher value tasks, such as product design, research and development, marketing, and customer service.
Furthermore, automation can create new job opportunities in areas such as maintenance, repair, and programming of the machines. As new technologies are developed, new skills are required, and individuals can adapt to these changes by retraining and learning new skills. By integrating automation, businesses can become more competitive, reduce costs, and increase their profitability, which can lead to expansion and the creation of new job opportunities.
In summary, while automation may displace some jobs, it can also create new opportunities and improve efficiency and productivity in the long run. It's important to remember that automation should be used to complement and enhance human labor, rather than replace it entirely.
Wow. This is what we need in this world of growing population. Avoid human interaction as much as possible. Marvelous.
The problem is though that this is taking low skilled work from the poorest parts of society who are then demonised for being on benefits when they can't get a job, assuming you they are in a country that even pays benefits/welfare. Nobody ever considers the fact that as we further introduce this you are going to increase the numbers pushed on to welfare as the jobs dry up unless we start to rethink how we will find a way for those unable to get jobs to survive. After all look how many people were actually operating those thousands of machines instead of all those machines being an employee. Meantime the companies pocket even bigger profits with lower wage bills to pay and the rich get richer again. Let's be honest, they've never been too fussed about how average joe on the streets survives.
Yang2020
This is like an automated Minecraft farm with minecarts
For all who saying how this works is simple, underneath the grids are baskets full off products, the Robert travels to a slot on the grid and picks up the product from below, different product have different weight, i.e so in other words a store will order just say 1 tuna tin which weighs 150grams, the Robert will picked this up into it self and move on to the next product on its list for that store, if the product is not picked for what ever reason the Robert will know due to its weight and will attempt to pick it later. For the Robert to do all this it has to be Manuel input in to the Robert system to know which slots to go to pick up products the store are out of stock off
The warehouse was caught on fire
Good. Humans will get jobs to build the warehouse again.
I can imagine the way flying cars communicate being a more complex version of this
Wow...and imagine I, as a youngster, had to walk all the way to the back of Ruby Jones's little grocery store in rural Alabama to fetch a cold can of coke. But somehow, the excitement and fun of that little trip stays with me 50+ years later.
This factory actually burnt down due to an electrical fire. I live near it and everyone had to be moved out of the houses nearby because of the toxic smoke
Andrew yang isn’t lying vote for him 2020!!!
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Bernie 2020
@@crywhit4619 So what is his answer?
@@philomath3238 Bernie 2020
@@crywhit4619 So you are an automated Bernie Bro, cool.
Seriously, I respect Bernie, and I just asked what is his answer to the looming automation crisis. If you don't know you don't have to answer.
I recently saw a waaaay smaller sample of probably the same company's work , each bot cost as much as a car, fast and efficient, self optimizing algorithms. the building was constructed with this automated warehouse in mind since the inception.
Why would someone do an inside video if they don't explain the process at all? Goods come this way, robots do this and this, order goes that way etc etc
i've come to the conclusion that all these "insider" channels are pretty shit
@@0xjrr its cgi
I could watch these things rolling around for hours.
This warehouse burnt down in February 2019 RIP robots
Good, people need jobs not robots.
The robots self immolation spoke volumes about worker rights and conditions. Power to the workers!
So how many robots can you run until diminishing returns gets you?
do the robots actually pick any of the items from the crates? this is notoriously difficult and no company as far as I know has a picking robot that can pick diverse items such as a bag of chips, a doll, a packet of biscuits etc with the correct pressure etc without breaking or dropping some items. i would really like to know if this company has solved that as it is a game changer, I strongly suspect they have not
Its in the UK check out other videos there is one that tells you it all and yes it does pick things up.
Is this the warehouse that burned down after the firefighters couldn't get inside?
Answering my own question, yes this entire Warehouse burned down in February 2019
"Is this the Future of Retail?"
No, actually. It's the Present. This is happening right now, you can go and see it.
This is not the norm but will probably be the norm in the future. Most warehouses still require people to sort out and organise the orders.
Highly unlikely to form future warehouse needs. Ocado doesn't sell or own product. It's just a fulfilment agent. Most warehouses have to hold significant stocks to either fulfil internet or retail operations, or both, so space is the key to efficiency and this system simply doesn't meet those requirements taking up massive swathes of area that looks unoccupied in many places. You store vertically, not horizontally, to maximise space use. And pack bin storage to the brim not loosely as these are. A fulfilment agent NOT a retail warehousing or internet warehousing operation.
wish they got more in detail with this i buy ocado love to know how the system works. I get my shopping from Bristol wonder if its the same system??
Why are they still scanning the bar code? Why doesn't the system know what items are placed in the basket? The robot could scan the code before putting the item in the basket. The basket could scan the code.
Why does everyone in America have to suffer shopping at Walmart?!!! America needs this!
Why do they need batteries, is'nt it better to just provide power via the rails, like a slotcar racing game ?
funny i thought the samething
Same thought here. Maybe it's less complex than routing power through all those rails.
I think it wastes energy to have a system like you said
@@lakeberg5102 Could be, but i can't think of a reason why... Can you explain why you think it wastes energy ? I'd think the overhead of the charging of batteries, and the innefficiency of them should waste more no ?
Fan of bad videos that don't really explain anything.
This one is great!
No job, no wages.
No wages, no buy stuff.
No buy stuff, go hungry.
Go hungry , get ANGRY ......
@ 2:19 long, descending, sucking prong w/soft gel tip....my fav! @ 1:43 "the robots are battery operated", another fav!!
Not as informative as I'd like, also I think that these type of videos where you have to watch small details aren't good with subtitles.
Even Henry Ford knew his workers needed decent wages if they were to buy a T Model
Being unemployed doesn't bring that. Robotics don't bring that.
I don't think the sociopaths that run our society have remembered that. Alternatively, they just don't care and expect as all to accept becoming destitute.
Demanding more pay than your job or your work is worth is bringing robotics.
This is the socialist future for humanity. No humanity.... All AI and the elite.
@@southbayrickybobby5820 What has socialism got to do with this? Or are you another ignoramous for which the term 'socialism' is used to describe anything that does not fit into your world view?
blackrabbit212 No need for humans, and their rights, and sick days, vacations, error. Goes hand in hand with welfare and abortion. The socialist future....
this is the coolest thing iv seen in a while
Ha they didn't even hire a person to do a video about the robots taking jobs.
More questions than answers, great!
I can see fat me in the floating couch being fed by my robot servants!
Looks like morning traffic, with all the blinking lights. Who fills up the baskets? How do u move groceries off the delivery trucks & pallets?
Turns out they’re not so good at not burning the whole warehouse down though!
A quick google of Ocala warehouse fire ANDOVER will explain a bit better. ... oops. Maybe not the future just yet.
O m g ! So many robots working together ! Amazing
Who's gonna make a robot that's spits on you're apples 🤣
your apples
Every one of those robots took a job from an unskilled laborer.
@Mister Garfield I would prefer that over the bottom line.
This is where Skynet starts
Right. Eventually humans will be killed by self driving shopping carts.
So satisfying can be put on repeat.
Nice concept, if they can get the mantenance aspect right (as in hardware, software AND *capable* technicians). I work in intralogistics, and I very regularly see companies (including with the one from Jeff) boasting about all-automated warehouses, but fail to mention that it actually runs ten weeks a years. The rest of the time it would sitting still because in of a fault, not waiting for a part, but for someone able to come, undestand the process and troubleshoot the problem - logistics is one of the lowest paying industries so not many people are specialised in it, it is starting to catch up on others. I wish them the best nontheless.
AutoStore is a TL-ASRS and maintains a global average uptime of 99.7%. An AutoStore system has error handling software that sections off a portion of the grid when a robot has an unrecoverable fault and the rest of the system is allowed to continue operations. Some issues do trigger a system shutdown, like when the robot loses communication with the wireless access points, but those are quickly resolved by removing the robot to the maintenance bay. Naturally this isn't total automation since the system still requires human monitoring and intervention, but it still delivers impressive throughout and scales well.