The pandemic highlighted the importance of industrial spaces because warehousing is crucial to support the demands of e-commerce. According to CNBC, Amazon alone has more than 110 active fulfillment centers in the United States and more than 185 globally (SOURCE). These facilities range from 600,000 to 1 million square feet in size.
It has been no secret that manufacturers and retailers have been seeking solutions within the robotics industry for years to address challenges associated with labor, efficiency, and accuracy. However, there are some tasks where the human hand simply cannot be replicated. At Amazon, that task has been the act of product picking, that is, picking up products and placing them elsewhere.
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