• The TUGBBS forums are completely free and open to the public and exist as the absolute best place for owners to get help and advice about their timeshares for more than 30 years!

    Join Tens of Thousands of other Owners just like you here to get any and all Timeshare questions answered 24 hours a day!
  • TUG started 30 years ago in October 1993 as a group of regular Timeshare owners just like you!

    Read about our 30th anniversary: Happy 30th Birthday TUG!
  • TUG has a YouTube Channel to produce weekly short informative videos on popular Timeshare topics!

    Free memberships for every 50 subscribers!

    Visit TUG on Youtube!
  • TUG has now saved timeshare owners more than $21,000,000 dollars just by finding us in time to rescind a new Timeshare purchase! A truly incredible milestone!

    Read more here: TUG saves owners more than $21 Million dollars
  • Sign up to get the TUG Newsletter for free!

    60,000+ subscribing owners! A weekly recap of the best Timeshare resort reviews and the most popular topics discussed by owners!
  • Our official "end my sales presentation early" T-shirts are available again! Also come with the option for a free membership extension with purchase to offset the cost!

    All T-shirt options here!
  • A few of the most common links here on the forums for newbies and guests!

Amazon Has Doubled the Number of Robots in Its Warehouses to 30,000

MULTIZ321

TUG Member
Joined
Jun 6, 2005
Messages
31,265
Reaction score
8,991
Points
1,048
Location
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL
Resorts Owned
BLUEWATER BY SPINNAKER HHI
ROYAL HOLIDAY CLUB RHC (POINTS)
Amazon has Doubled the Number of Robots in Its Warehouses to 30,000 - by Jordan Novet/ Big Data/ BD/ venturebeat.com

"Amazon today provided new information about robots working inside of its facilities. The ecommerce company now has 30,000 Kiva robots working in its fulfillment centers, an executive said during Amazon’s quarterly call with investors today.

That number is up from 15,000 at the end of 2014, said the executive, Phil Hardin, Amazon’s director of investor relations..."

Amazon-Kiva-robots.jpg

Above: Kiva robots at Amazon.

Richard
 

VegasBella

TUG Member
Joined
Mar 7, 2013
Messages
3,307
Reaction score
1,017
Points
398
Location
Vegas
Resorts Owned
Carlsbad Inn
Avenue Plaza
Riviera Beach & Spa
Aquamarine Villas
I like robots. Except when they get my order wrong ;)
 

Fern Modena

TUG Lifetime Member
Joined
Jun 16, 2004
Messages
4,660
Reaction score
4
Points
36
Location
Southern Nevada
Isn't it wonderful? Non-college, good, honest work in warehouses is now being taken over by machines! We should all celebrate the loss of these jobs. NOT.

Sorry, but I can't rejoice in this. But then, I'm the one who won't use the self=checkout in the grocery store because it kills jobs. I don't work any more, but it bothers me.

Don't see prices going down with these "labor saving devices" which don't have to be paid salaries or benefits.

JMHO, of course

Fern
 

VegasBella

TUG Member
Joined
Mar 7, 2013
Messages
3,307
Reaction score
1,017
Points
398
Location
Vegas
Resorts Owned
Carlsbad Inn
Avenue Plaza
Riviera Beach & Spa
Aquamarine Villas
Sorry, but I can't rejoice in this. But then, I'm the one who won't use the self=checkout in the grocery store because it kills jobs. I don't work any more, but it bothers me.

I often don't use self-checkout either. But that's because my experience is that the cashiers often do a better job. Invariably I have some issue (alcohol purchase, coupon, etc) and have to involve the attendant so it never saves me any time and winds up just being a hassle to use self-checkout.

But I wouldn't trade efficiency to save jobs. I'd rather have a more civilized college and welfare system than hold onto old fashioned systems just for the sake of "jobs." Would you pay to have people dig and then fill up holes, too? There's a point where "jobs" isn't a good enough reason for inefficiency.
 

WinniWoman

TUG Review Crew: Veteran
TUG Member
Joined
Jul 16, 2010
Messages
10,762
Reaction score
7,057
Points
749
Location
The Weirs, New Hampshire
Resorts Owned
Innseason Pollard Brook
I just saw an article that said Amazon was hiring an unprecedented number of seasonal workers for this holiday season.
 

puppymommo

TUG Member
Joined
Apr 1, 2006
Messages
1,182
Reaction score
151
Points
273
My great great grandfather was involved with the mechanization of the woolen Mills in England . Family lore is that he committed suicide out of despair over how many men he had put out of work .
 

John Cummings

TUG Lifetime Member
Joined
Jun 6, 2005
Messages
5,020
Reaction score
80
Points
433
Location
Murrieta, California
I am a big fan of robots and self service kiosks. I expect to see a lot more of them as minimum wages are being raised.
 

Ken555

TUG Review Crew: Veteran
TUG Member
Joined
Jun 7, 2005
Messages
14,522
Reaction score
5,638
Points
898
Location
Los Angeles
Resorts Owned
Westin Kierland
Sheraton Desert Oasis
Isn't it wonderful? Non-college, good, honest work in warehouses is now being taken over by machines! We should all celebrate the loss of these jobs. NOT.



Sorry, but I can't rejoice in this. But then, I'm the one who won't use the self=checkout in the grocery store because it kills jobs. I don't work any more, but it bothers me.



Don't see prices going down with these "labor saving devices" which don't have to be paid salaries or benefits.



JMHO, of course



Fern


Of course. But, trying to stop progress in the form of efficiency is, if history any guide, a waste of effort. It would be better to instead support education programs so that those who are inevitably displaced may obtain another opportunity which hopefully includes a higher salary.


Sent from my iPad
 

John Cummings

TUG Lifetime Member
Joined
Jun 6, 2005
Messages
5,020
Reaction score
80
Points
433
Location
Murrieta, California
Of course. But, trying to stop progress in the form of efficiency is, if history any guide, a waste of effort. It would be better to instead support education programs so that those who are inevitably displaced may obtain another opportunity which hopefully includes a higher salary.


Sent from my iPad

I agree 100%.

Look how robots have drastically increased the quality of autos today.
 

geekette

Guest
Joined
Jun 6, 2005
Messages
10,777
Reaction score
5,531
Points
848
Isn't Amazon the one with the mass of upset employees? So far as I know, robots don't gripe. Easier to train, no bathroom breaks or sick time.

Some of it is supply and demand, too, as people get more and more demanding about ordering a 4pk of TP to show up this evening, robots are the most efficient way to fill the order.
 

ace2000

TUG Member
Joined
Dec 17, 2006
Messages
5,032
Reaction score
152
Points
498
Of course. But, trying to stop progress in the form of efficiency is, if history any guide, a waste of effort. It would be better to instead support education programs so that those who are inevitably displaced may obtain another opportunity which hopefully includes a higher salary.

Absolutely the truth! We compete in a global economy and if we don't operate as efficiently as possible, another country will.
 

Phydeaux

TUG Member
Joined
May 20, 2010
Messages
2,760
Reaction score
311
Points
218
Location
Somewhere, USA
I agree 100%.

Look how robots have drastically increased the quality of autos today.

I also agree. It's called progress folks.

Automation is also eliminating many dangerous occupations, thus reducing serious injuries and deaths.

It's what you do, not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way.

- John Mellencamp
 
Top