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To: zeestephen
This is decades-old technology. I'll be impressed when one robotic arm can lob a package across the warehouse to another robotic arm that can catch it without damaging it before lobbing it to another robotic arm that's loading the delivery van.

I'll be even more impressed when a robotic arm can replace components on other robotic arms.

7 posted on 11/10/2022 8:36:57 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits
I'll be even more impressed when a robotic arm can replace components on other robotic arms.

Well, there is this: Heads up! Amazon wins a patent for robotic arms that toss warehouse items

And this from 2019: This Robotic Arm Can Lend a Helping Hand With Repairs

Guess we'll have to see if their respective parties can make them work.

12 posted on 11/10/2022 8:51:24 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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