It may cause the attraction of the spot and the lack of agility of the atlas, but a slightly sluggish stretch robot of Boston Dynamics is still impressive in itself – so much that DHL has given it a job.
Less than a year after its debut, the highly versatile robot is moving towards the DHL warehouse across the US in a deal of $ 15 million that marks the first commercial purchase of advanced contraception.
Stretch has convenored a long automatic hand with a “smart gripper” to grab boxes and other items, while a “perception mast” allows it to handle a variety of packages with skills and care. Boston Dynamics states that the speed of the stretch allows it to handle it as 800 boxes in an hour.
In particular, robot wheels and swivling base enable it to go there where work is and work in tight places, which reduces the need for certain infrastructure.
Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Pactor said, “Stretch is the newest robot of Boston Dynamics, which is specifically designed to face challenges within the warehouse space.” A release“We are thrilled to work with the DHL supply chain to distribute a fleet of robots that will carry forward warehousing for our colleagues and improve safety.
Plater said: “We believe that Stretch can have an average impact on DHL's business functions, and we are excited to see the robot in action.”
Stretch will start work in DHL in spring. Does the deployment of robots means that job loss is not clear for human warehouse workers in DHL. For more information, digital trend shipping has reached the giant and we will update when we listen back.
Boston Dynamics is currently under Hyundai's control, although previous owners have included Google and SoftBank. The team behind the company's robot often attracts people with funny videos showing the smarts of their two other robots, Spot Quadrupad and Atlas Android.
The semi-antenomous spot comes with AI Smart and companies can buy it for $ 75,000. A dog -like robot can be configured to a series of functions, with Ford, for example, it is used to scan the layout of one of its factories before a improvement.
Meanwhile, Atlas is still subject to development and can never become a commercial product, although Boston Dynamics Engineers are learning a lot through development work on robots.