{"id":73999,"date":"2014-12-02T18:15:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T23:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-24T16:23:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T20:23:16","slug":"how-amazon-delivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/how-amazon-delivers\/","title":{"rendered":"How Amazon Delivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-106704\" title=\"How Amazon Delivers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot2-2.jpg?resize=79%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"How Amazon Delivers\" width=\"79\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot2-2.jpg?resize=59%2C75&amp;ssl=1 59w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot2-2.jpg?resize=118%2C150&amp;ssl=1 118w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot2-2.jpg?w=275&amp;ssl=1 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/>Now much did you spend with\u00a0<a title=\"Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : AMZN\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-AMZN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMZN<\/a>) this <a title=\"Black Friday \u2013 Cyber Monday Weekend: Mobile Traffic Soars But Overall Sales Down\" href=\"http:\/\/marketingland.com\/black-cyber-weekend-boom-much-109474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cyber-Monday<\/a>? Here is how they process all of those orders. <a title=\"CNET\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>CNet<\/em><\/a> <a title=\"Meet Amazon's busiest employee -- the Kiva robot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/meet-amazons-busiest-employee-the-kiva-robot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says<\/a>, customers ordered more than 36.8 million items globally or 426 items per second from the online giant. They use robots like these&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tMpsMt7ETi8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 10 Amazon fulfillment centers in <a title=\"California\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=37.0,-120.0&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=37.0,-120.0 (California)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener noreferrer\">California<\/a>, Texas, <a title=\"New Jersey\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=40.0,-74.5&amp;spn=3.0,3.0&amp;q=40.0,-74.5 (New%20Jersey)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener noreferrer\">New Jersey<\/a>, Washington, and <a title=\"Florida\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=28.1,-81.6&amp;spn=3.0,3.0&amp;q=28.1,-81.6 (Florida)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener noreferrer\">Florida<\/a> use:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 15,000 Kiva robots.<\/li>\n<li>Robo-Stow, one of the largest robotic arms on Earth for moving large quantities of inventory for customer order fulfillment.<\/li>\n<li>New vision systems for enabling the unloading and receipt of an entire trailer of inventory in as little as 30 minutes instead of hours.<\/li>\n<li>High-end graphically oriented computer systems for employees to use while fulfilling orders for customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20191002131647\/https:\/\/www.engineering.com\/DesignerEdge\/DesignerEdgeArticles\/ArticleID\/6880\/Amazons-Robotic-Order-Fulfillment.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-106706 size-medium\" title=\"Kiva robot\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot_kiva_amazon.jpg?resize=150%2C82&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kiva robot\" width=\"150\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot_kiva_amazon.jpg?resize=150%2C82&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot_kiva_amazon.jpg?resize=75%2C41&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot_kiva_amazon.jpg?w=610&amp;ssl=1 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a title=\"USA Today\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>USA Today<\/em><\/a> <a title=\"15,000 robots usher in Amazon's Cyber Monday\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/2014\/12\/01\/robots-amazon-kiva-fulfillment-centers-cyber-monday\/19725229\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> the Kiva robots are about a foot tall and weigh about 350 pounds and can lift 700 pounds. They can travel at 5 mph. The Kiva software determines which items each human packer needs and in what order and sends instructions to the robots.<\/p>\n<p>The Kiva-bots follow bar-coded stickers on the floor, to bring a line of shelving units to the human packers, stopping just long enough for the correct item to be plucked from the shelf. Then the Kiva robot carries the whole unit back to its place and goes to get another one.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>rb-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Despite the robotic army, AMZN <a title=\"Amazon Upgrades Fulfillment Centers With 15,000 Robots\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170624111817\/https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/gadgets\/2014\/12\/01\/amazon-unveils-new-army-warehouse-robots-still-needs-humans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says<\/a> they plan to hire 80,000 seasonal employees this year, a 14 percent increase from last year. They also claim to retain thousands of those new employees in regular, full-time roles after Christmas. We will see about the jobs.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6>Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180707210941\/http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/service-robotics-market\/industry-growth-forecast\/prweb12334765.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Service Robotics Market Is Expecting Revenue Growth, Will Be Worth $15.69 Billion By 2020: Grand View Research, Inc.<\/a> (prweb.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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