Are you a fan of online shopping? Chances are that the dispatch of your purchase has been in the hands of one of these new robots that are changing the logistics industry. The common denominator of this revolution lies in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

In Amazon's warehouses, an army of 500 robots assembles customer orders, moving through thousands of zip codes, and loads them onto delivery trucks via conveyor belts.The robots, moving between thousands of zip codes, load them onto delivery trucks via conveyor belts.

Something similar happens in the warehouses of Shentong Expressa distribution company in Hangzhou, China, where hundreds of small, yellow, self-loading robots hundreds of small yellow robots, which are self-loading and therefore able to operate uninterruptedly, are able to select up to 200,000 packages per day more accurately than humans, calculating a total of more than 300 billion combinations of routes in a day. more accurately than humans, calculating, in total, more than 300 billion route combinations in an area of 2,000 square meters.

The Israeli company BionicHIVE, meanwhile, has designed a robot called SqUID that adapts to the winery and is inspired by worker bees.. These robots can reach any place in the warehouse, carrying boxes weighing up to 15 kilograms.

Continuing with innovations, the Chinese company HIkrobotics has on the market a robot that is a forklift capable of lifting objects up to one ton. HIkrobotics has a robot on the market that is a forklift capable of lifting objects weighing up to one ton, moving through narrow aisles and lifting loads up to 3 meters, as well as being able to communicate with other robots. moving through narrow aisles and lifting loads up to 3 meters, as well as being able to communicate with other robots.

The British online grocery distributor Ocadohas launched its OSP automated warehouse management system for food retailers. One of its core elements is robots that move at high speed around a 3D network, selecting products from a range of 58,000 items.The robots move at high speed around a 3D grid, selecting products from a range of 58,000 items, and can pick orders with 99% accuracy in just minutes.

Finally, U.S.-based inVia Robotics offers a compact robot that can be adapted to any warehouse and grips objects with industrial suction cups.. It has a mechanism that allows it to lift the load up to seven meters.

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