Robotics

Perspective | Amazon’s ‘Worker Cage’ Has Been Dropped, But Its Staff Are Not Free

The company’s dystopian patent is shocking — and shows how blue- and white-collar workers are controlled at every turn.

September 14, 2018

The company’s dystopian patent is shocking — and shows how blue- and white-collar workers are controlled at every turn.

The Importance of Last-Mile Facilities in the Supply Chain

Four Forces Transforming Supply Chain, Logistics and Transportation Today

Few industries or business functions are experiencing as much disruption as logistics, supply chain and transportation. In fact, according to a recent Forbes Insights survey of more than 400 senior transportation-focused executives, 65 percent say tectonic shifts in these areas are driving an era of profound transformation.

September 12, 2018

Forbes

Few industries or business functions are experiencing as much disruption as logistics, supply chain and transportation.

He’s One of the Only Humans at Work — and He Loves It

Inside a Shanghai warehouse the size of seven football fields, hundreds of robots pack roughly 200,000 boxes each day and ship them to customers across China. Four humans babysit.

September 11, 2018

The Washington Post

Inside a Shanghai warehouse the size of seven football fields, hundreds of robots pack roughly 200,000 boxes each day and ship them to customers across China. Four humans babysit.

Artificial Intelligence in Retail? Nope — Start With Automation, Analysts Say

Stories of thrilling, new AI use cases in retail have been popping up in our tech news feeds, whether computer vision, facial recognition, or elimination of human workers. But these sensational accounts miss an important piece of the AI learning curve.

August 31, 2018

Rob Koplowitz and Sucharita Kodali

Stories of thrilling, new AI use cases in retail have been popping up in our tech news feeds, whether computer vision, facial recognition, or elimination of human workers. But these sensational accounts miss an important piece of the AI learning curve.

Utilizing a WMS to Identify and Retain Your Most Valuable Distribution Assets

A growing number of businesses are finding that today’s warehouse management systems (WMS) can do more than boost productivity - they can also help attract, identify and retain quality warehouse workers.

August 29, 2018

Jaime Reints

A growing number of businesses are finding that today’s warehouse management systems (WMS) can do more than boost productivity - they can also help attract, identify and retain quality warehouse workers.

Robots on Warehouse Floor Show a Surprise Perk of Hot Job Market

Instead of displacing American workers, robots may soon make many of their jobs more efficient.

August 17, 2018

Bloomberg

Instead of displacing American workers, robots may soon make many of their jobs more efficient.

How Fashion Retailer H&M Is Betting on Big Data and A.I. to Regain Profitability

Recent years of lackluster performance and the most significant profit drop in six years has fast-fashion retailer H&M looking for a road to profitability.

August 13, 2018

Bernard Marr, Forbes contributor

Recent years of lackluster performance and the most significant profit drop in six years has fast-fashion retailer H&M looking for a road to profitability.

Harnessing New Supply Chain Technology Without Falling for the Hype

Are you finding yourself enamored by new technology, but not 100-percent sure what it actually does? You might be in the midst of what Gartner calls the “Peak of Inflated Expectations.”

July 20, 2018

Vivek Soneja, SCB Contributor

Are you finding yourself enamored by new technology, but not 100-percent sure what it actually does? You might be in the midst of what Gartner calls the “Peak of Inflated Expectations.”

Q&A: The Value of Humans in the Factory — and Robots in the Home

June 29, 2018

Industryweek

If you’re not crazy about the thought of robots taking all the jobs, then you should hold an Elon Musk-level of obsessive adoration for Danish roboticist Esben Østergaard. The co-founder and CTO of Universal Robots was the driving force behind the development of collaborative robots, or cobots.

Robots or Job Training: Manufacturers Grapple With How to Improve Their Economic Fortunes

June 27, 2018

The New York Times

For Anthony Nighswander, rock-bottom unemployment is both a headache and an opportunity. For businesses and workers, it could be the key to reversing one of the country’s most vexing economic problems: slow productivity growth.