Amazon's Robots and Drones
Kiva Systems
Amazon's robotics effort could save the company more than $900 million a year.
Last year Amazon's bought Kiva Systems Inc.
The robots relieve the workers of having to dash throughout the warehouse.
Amazon has been working to reduce order costs and speed delivery, in part by constructing more warehouses closer to urban centers.
Kiva robots could improve efficiency within warehouses, where humans—and human error—are still a factor.
Amazon has 1,400 Kiva robots in three of its warehouses.
More at The Wall Street Journal
Watch Kiva founder Raffaello D'Andrea demo his flying quadcopters:
Robots that think like athletes,
Solve physical problems with algorithms that help them learn.
In a series of nifty Video demos of D'Andrea at a TED conference, he shows drones that play catch, balance and make decisions together
Watch the Videos on D'Andrea's Page
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