Kiva Systems robots

Observing the great interest in the subject of “robots”, I would like to note that most of the reports on this topic tell us about projects that are just being developed, about technologies that have not yet had time to find applications in real life. Yes, and probably not every such work someday will receive its further economic use.

Are there any solutions that went further? Yes, the US company Kiva Systems answers. They took the usual problem and solved it with the help of robots. Automated warehouse, which employs 100-500-1000 robots. How do you?


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As the company says, to keep such a fleet of these small workers is much cheaper than servicing such large warehouses with people.
Such a system can significantly speed up the process of assembling orders. Here is an employee in a certain area. A barcode breaks through with the order he needs to assemble, extends his hand, and there are already in the queue shelves with the necessary items of goods that the robot has thriftily brought him on his “tray”. Yes, and highlight the desired cell from where to get. And then another will highlight in which basket to put ...
So you see soon and completely without a man will do.

When the system works, all this reminds a well-organized anthill. No one pushes, no one shouts, no one stands idle. Often used products will always be nearby, then when something less often ordered will be sent to distant corners of the warehouse. This is followed by a centralized management system.

Here are some videos on this topic.

Promotional product demonstration


Dancing warehouse


Robots at work


And here you can read a detailed review of the system in Russian