How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?

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  • čas přidán 4. 07. 2021
  • In Ocado's grocery warehouses, thousands of mechanical boxes move on the Hive. Are they all individual robots? Or is this one giant hive mind? • Thanks to Ocado: www.ocadogroup.com/technology... (this video is not sponsored, and they had no editorial control).
    Reference: Strandwitz P. (2018). Neurotransmitter modulation by the gut microbiota. Brain research, 1693(Pt B), 128-133. doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.20... -- I should probably have put a "might" in there, but that's a thorough review of research and I think the claim just about holds up!
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  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  Před 2 lety +20570

    Just to be clear, this video isn't sponsored! I've wanted to do a video about group vs individual for a while, so this worked really well. Ocado invited me for a warehouse tour, but I've not been paid a penny, and they had zero editorial control over the final video.

  • @cameroncalzone8860
    @cameroncalzone8860 Před 2 lety +2971

    just 20 years ago this would be a scene in a sci-fi movie

    • @Mirandur
      @Mirandur Před 2 lety +103

      I visited a facility in Norway with these installed in 2007 or so. They had already existed a few years by then. So sci-fi 20 years ago? Might be. 15 years ago? Not so much.

    • @Firex64
      @Firex64 Před 2 lety +82

      @@Mirandur are those things really 15 years old and i hear about them just now?

    • @Firex64
      @Firex64 Před 2 lety +100

      Those things can be in a sci-fi movie even now

    • @Mirandur
      @Mirandur Před 2 lety +23

      From the AutoStore (the system I saw, which is very similar to the one shown here) webpages, their robots of this kind was actually prototyped in the late 90's... They're more than two decades old.

    • @user-lt6ke9hg8f
      @user-lt6ke9hg8f Před 2 lety +11

      Cameron Butler
      Actually. China started to use it more than ten years ago.
      This is not a new technology. .

  • @ShortHax
    @ShortHax Před 2 lety +22171

    How did all these robots pass the ‘I am not a robot test’ to be eligible to work...

    • @spywalkz1
      @spywalkz1 Před 2 lety +499

      There hacking

    • @Nekiplex
      @Nekiplex Před 2 lety +335

      @@spywalkz1 d-did you edit that to make sure it was the wrong there. You madman

    • @spywalkz1
      @spywalkz1 Před 2 lety +50

      @@Nekiplex no i just changed what i was supposed to say

    • @mohit_panjwani
      @mohit_panjwani Před 2 lety +43

      @@spywalkz1 what your doing m8?

    • @JockMurphy
      @JockMurphy Před 2 lety +90

      If they fail the test, they get to apply

  • @SSM24_
    @SSM24_ Před 2 lety +729

    My favorite thing about this is how 2 weeks after this video went up, they had an accident where two robots collided and caused a gigantic fire that cost them like 50 million dollars.

    • @aaronisnotalive
      @aaronisnotalive Před rokem +106

      The Tom Scott Curse

    • @Boobeinstein
      @Boobeinstein Před rokem +193

      All that automated carrot-picking and they couldn't automate a fire suppression system? Talk about backwards priorities.

    • @doms.6701
      @doms.6701 Před rokem +45

      That's not a lot when you consider how much money is spent every day in total. How much money do you think people steal from stores by taking goods?

    • @drac124
      @drac124 Před rokem +60

      Weird because the fire was in 2019 and this video is 2021

    • @CaSjUs212
      @CaSjUs212 Před rokem +63

      @@drac124 there also was a fire in 2021, as well as 2019.

  • @johnnykiehn1872
    @johnnykiehn1872 Před 2 lety +874

    Am I crazy or does anyone else wanna hold a race from one side of the warehouse to the other while dodging grocery robots and avoiding falling in the crates?

  • @door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978

    So this thing is like a super huge and super fancy vending machine.

  • @barryhomeowner9293
    @barryhomeowner9293 Před 2 lety +2268

    This looks like sci-fi. Not just in a 'wow, so futuristic' way but my brain can't accept this isn't CGI

    • @kw9849
      @kw9849 Před 2 lety +193

      At times, it honestly looks like a render you'd see from a tech startup.

    • @Zveebo
      @Zveebo Před 2 lety +118

      It’s very weird to think I have had groceries delivered from this place. I had no idea quite how futuristic it was compared to Amazon etc!

    • @praalgraf
      @praalgraf Před 2 lety +19

      looks almost minecraft-y with the squares

    • @Dumb-Comment
      @Dumb-Comment Před 2 lety +22

      We had this technology back in 1970 but we didn't have the money or opportunity to do it

    • @foty8679
      @foty8679 Před 2 lety +22

      @@Zveebo Amazon uses many robots too, but not to this extend

  • @ichuisaac123
    @ichuisaac123 Před rokem +17

    Seeing Kinects being used in these projects is kinda like how people used to buy PS2s just for the dvd player

  • @snarkfinder2621
    @snarkfinder2621 Před 2 lety +31

    With more of these type of plants operating, I can see manufacturers being encouraged to supply their products in only a few standard sized packets. Much easier to pack an order if the packets are similar sizes.

    • @MKUltra-ti8ts
      @MKUltra-ti8ts Před rokem

      Эти роботы не безопасны , они горят 🔥🔥🔥

  • @sentryzero
    @sentryzero Před 2 lety +554

    I’m glad they found a use for all those Kinects.

    • @mrkrisq
      @mrkrisq Před 2 lety +14

      industrial sensor (TOF) costs arouns 20k$, while kinect around 100?

    • @moon-guy
      @moon-guy Před 2 lety +8

      @@mrkrisq smells like woooosh spirit

    • @ez45
      @ez45 Před 2 lety +11

      @@moon-guy not really?

    • @okami_6
      @okami_6 Před 2 lety +2

      @@moon-guy they still understood the joke

    • @StoryMode180
      @StoryMode180 Před 2 lety +17

      Just for clarification, someone did spot the xbox logo on one of their sensors ( 2:27 ), so, Sentry was being literal; Krysztof Gq was probably just explaining the cost savings and the whooshes today are on the fact that this wasn't a joke; but it is still tremendously funny.

  • @davidl9155
    @davidl9155 Před rokem +7

    Perfect length, very well explained, retained my attention, and learned a lot. Can confidently say this is a 10/10 video

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB Před rokem

      Lies again? Business Trips 7%GST

  • @_rob_.
    @_rob_. Před 3 měsíci +1

    Best information video I've found on this topic.
    Short, and full of all the pertinent info.
    Thanks!
    Thumbs up.

  • @SarahZ
    @SarahZ Před 2 lety +9418

    I am OBSESSED with the fact that they actually call it The Hivemind. That rules. If that thing turns evil I will be 100% okay with it.

    • @Soosss
      @Soosss Před 2 lety +421

      The Attack of the Shopping Bots

    • @EatMyShortsAU
      @EatMyShortsAU Před 2 lety +387

      Soon they will invade your home and start packing your fridge and throwing your rubbish in the bin.

    • @Ron.S.
      @Ron.S. Před 2 lety +164

      Pac(k)-Man

    • @SnailSandwich
      @SnailSandwich Před 2 lety +240

      Yes, when these bots turn evil, they'll bring single-ply toilet paper instead of the good stuff.

    • @shiny4984
      @shiny4984 Před 2 lety +56

      90% roboticaly operated grocery store, aamed "the hive" has turned evil and is delivering bombs tha look like bananas to over 100 thousand diferent residents around city

  • @akrinornoname2769
    @akrinornoname2769 Před 2 lety +3696

    So, to summarise, everything is as the Hivemind commands.

  • @relaxationstation7374
    @relaxationstation7374 Před rokem +60

    I'm just totally amazed that they had that much available space in the whole of England!

    • @danielwalton8633
      @danielwalton8633 Před rokem +9

      common misconception, lookup how much free space the uk actually has

    • @56independent42
      @56independent42 Před 9 měsíci +5

      @@danielwalton8633Common misinterpretation, look up what a joke is

    • @bobdebouwer7835
      @bobdebouwer7835 Před měsícem +1

      When corporations need space the government can be very fast.

  • @EastAnglianBushcraft
    @EastAnglianBushcraft Před rokem +5

    im a maintenance engineer in the food industry and i can't even begin to imagine the ball ache for their maintenance engineers haha. simple idea but mind blowing technology

  • @owoheck2176
    @owoheck2176 Před 2 lety +3975

    Why are Kinects so good at doing anything but the thing they were designed for

    • @rockyfalldownstairs
      @rockyfalldownstairs Před 2 lety +749

      Microsoft invented a tool and put it to use as a toy.

    • @jwoods9659
      @jwoods9659 Před 2 lety +14

      HAHAH

    • @MrShadowRaiden
      @MrShadowRaiden Před 2 lety +323

      because the hardware in the kinect is insane for its price. it was also just a software issue.

    • @ac130kz
      @ac130kz Před 2 lety +90

      Kinects are cheap and fairly accurate for such tasks

    • @DopeyFish
      @DopeyFish Před 2 lety +70

      @@GudieveNing it's not that they were ruined... it's just that the general public is largely an uncontrolled environment. that's why in a scenario such as this, it works just fine because it's a controlled environment. in an uncontrolled environment, it's trying to figure out what the hell it's looking at, it has different sized people, with different clothes which aren't all the same in environments with all sorts of random objects that reflect the IR dots in different ways... and on top of it all? expectations. Real world use by customers have the expectation of zero fail. In this environment, you'd potentially have a failed pick. a QC/audit would notice some issues and be resolved, some failures would show up on delivery and be resolved through receipt correction. you can't resolve a real time issue in the same way. once it's wrong, it's wrong and it has failed. Kinect as a gameplay device would require complete consistency to be considered working flawlessly. Here? It just needs to be mostly right and the task will likely still be completed 99.999% of the time.

  • @alexmcp5153
    @alexmcp5153 Před 2 lety +2597

    fiction: "calling your dystopian novel's horde of autonomous robots 'the hivemind' is extremely on the nose."
    real life: "here, we have the hivemind! Come take a factory tour!"

    • @jackreid2664
      @jackreid2664 Před 2 lety +95

      The key difference being that in real life they can't rebel

    • @jameswyatt1304
      @jameswyatt1304 Před 2 lety +198

      @@jackreid2664 Yet

    • @josephburchanowski4636
      @josephburchanowski4636 Před 2 lety +101

      @@jackreid2664 But the humans that control them can rebel. We are soon approaching a future where there is a risk of democracies being overthrown by a handful of people controlling a robot army.
      An interesting corollary that comes from the combination of the CGP Grey videos "Humans need not apply" and "The Rules For Rulers".

    • @KooblayKhan
      @KooblayKhan Před 2 lety +61

      When these robots rebel, so many people are going to be getting the wrong back of crisps. CHAOS WILL REIGN!

    • @vincenth.8709
      @vincenth.8709 Před 2 lety +16

      @@jameswyatt1304 Aw shi the robots gon purposely get my order wrong.

  • @jasons2562
    @jasons2562 Před 2 lety +2

    This is insanely amazing, wow I had no idea

  • @middleclassic
    @middleclassic Před rokem +4

    That out of all Tom’s videos I found the most fascinating so far. Absolutely mind blowing. But then I am a tech head so it should fascinate me :-)

    • @hanshintermann1551
      @hanshintermann1551 Před 11 měsíci

      Non-tech person here and I agree that's it's at least one of his most fascinatin ones.

  • @mehmedcanozkan3268
    @mehmedcanozkan3268 Před 2 lety +3666

    They must REALLY enjoy naming their army of robots “the HIVE”. What can go wrong :)))

    • @TheDJ42
      @TheDJ42 Před 2 lety +251

      Resistance is futile.

    • @rawr51919
      @rawr51919 Před 2 lety +64

      @@TheDJ42 Ah yes, the Borg would be happy about this

    • @mehmedcanozkan3268
      @mehmedcanozkan3268 Před 2 lety +3

      🖖🏻

    • @TickyTack23
      @TickyTack23 Před 2 lety +10

      Resistance is futile.

    • @str3tchybo1
      @str3tchybo1 Před 2 lety +13

      Next thing you know their going to try and turn our moon into a warship

  • @Jimbo7
    @Jimbo7 Před 2 lety +1027

    It's hilarious that the Kinect was dogshit for gaming but is used in so many sophisticated commercial systems

    • @aaronhpa
      @aaronhpa Před 2 lety +68

      It kinda works all around, the problem are the humans 😂

    • @cypherusuh
      @cypherusuh Před 2 lety +82

      It's difficult to identify human, since we comes in different size, shape, and color

    • @hoteldrama4662
      @hoteldrama4662 Před 2 lety +101

      @@cypherusuh Plus humans are wearing clothing and surrounded by weird objects and clutter, making things more difficult. Throw a naked human in an empty room against solid color and it makes things much easier.

    • @trashking1867
      @trashking1867 Před 2 lety +3

      Was

    • @Kaenwith
      @Kaenwith Před 2 lety

      @@hoteldrama4662 Look up "The Human Depository"

  • @unconventionalideas5683
    @unconventionalideas5683 Před rokem +8

    I cannot decide whether this is cool, dystopian, or both. Either way, this does feel futuristic.

  • @johnjacobjinglehimerschmid3555

    Outstanding. I do my elderly mother's grocery orders for delivery. I'm sure it's not a place like this but it sure is cool to see this in action.

  • @baerlauchstal
    @baerlauchstal Před 2 lety +1918

    “A bag of potatoes, a chicken, four tins of tomatoes…”
    “I can’t do that, Dave.”

    • @r1w3d
      @r1w3d Před 2 lety +42

      Can't open the pod bay doors either...

    • @nonkey74
      @nonkey74 Před 2 lety +7

      @@r1w3d i think we both know why...

    • @robertcartier5088
      @robertcartier5088 Před 2 lety +15

      "Daisy... Dai-sy... daay zyyy...

    • @tomx641
      @tomx641 Před 2 lety +10

      You need to ask in the correct language. Try this:
      "Worek ziemniaków, kurczak, cztery puszki pomidorów"

    • @robertcartier5088
      @robertcartier5088 Před 2 lety +23

      @@tomx641 You sound like my old modem!

  • @evan
    @evan Před 2 lety +6536

    This is the most futuristic thing I’ve ever seen Jesus how did I not know we were already at the point of the hive?? 🤯

    • @cuckmasterflex9106
      @cuckmasterflex9106 Před 2 lety +251

      _Do not resist the hive, we are now all the hive._ _HAIL THE HIVE_

    • @Veni_Vidi_Vortice
      @Veni_Vidi_Vortice Před 2 lety +210

      Just try shopping at Lidl for a return to some good old-fashioned human chaos and disorganisation.

    • @DarkRedman31
      @DarkRedman31 Před 2 lety +26

      And it's nothing compared to the documentary of China high-tech they have the same stuff but with smaller and much faster robots.

    • @TimJBucci
      @TimJBucci Před 2 lety +95

      Imagine what the military industrial complex has underground.

    • @DarthSmirnoff
      @DarthSmirnoff Před 2 lety +14

      The Hive didn't want you to know. It's keeping secrets from you.

  • @mc-not_escher
    @mc-not_escher Před rokem +1

    Working for a company here in the US that makes these things. I do tech support for the software that runs them. Fascinating stuff.

  • @short_personman
    @short_personman Před 10 měsíci

    it always makes me very happy when i see an xbox kinect used for anything other than what we consumers saw it marketed for, like this. ive also seen a video of a table of sand at a museum that uses an xbox one kinect to generate a heightmap to project onto the sand, and updates it when anyone moves the sand. disney also has at least one xbox one kinect in a ride queue at WDW

  • @mattaroo6580
    @mattaroo6580 Před 2 lety +192

    I work as an Analyst for Ocado Technology and actually am part of the development of the robotic arms.
    To see Tom make a video on this AND see my boss in it has honestly made my week 😂

    • @randallflagg9498
      @randallflagg9498 Před 2 lety +2

      Well I just spent a few minutes spying out my car in the car park. I’m actually a bit gutted I didn’t get to meet Tom!

    • @nmanbamboo1980
      @nmanbamboo1980 Před 2 lety +1

      Really... cool, how long did it take for them to get the entire structure...er.. hive functional?

    • @mattaroo6580
      @mattaroo6580 Před 2 lety

      @Sarcrai, not entirely sure how I can "prove" it without doxxing myself or exposing info I shouldn't. But also not sure why I would be bullshitting 😂

    • @DavidInSydney1
      @DavidInSydney1 Před 2 lety

      Fascinating technology. Was this all developed in the UK and were the robots manufactured there as well?

    • @umum6427
      @umum6427 Před 6 dny

      whats your salary yearly and how many people like you are employed in ocado

  • @GarethSoye
    @GarethSoye Před 2 lety +504

    “Robots” is the nicest thing anyone who has ever worked in a grocery store has been called.

    • @amiscellaneoushuman3516
      @amiscellaneoushuman3516 Před 2 lety +26

      The word "robot" is derived from the Czech word for serf so... maybe not

    • @tacitus5665
      @tacitus5665 Před 2 lety +2

      They are Bio robots

    • @MarktheRude
      @MarktheRude Před 2 lety +6

      @@amiscellaneoushuman3516 Well if they have taken a bank-loan, they are nothing but serfs.

    • @letterslayer7814
      @letterslayer7814 Před 2 lety +2

      management in a nutshell
      robots regurgitating emails

  • @Christopher_T_Paul
    @Christopher_T_Paul Před rokem +1

    I have shopping delivered by Ocado regularly and it is never wrong, never a substitution or an item out of stock all thanks to technology and planning.

  • @Hobbs-the-tiger97
    @Hobbs-the-tiger97 Před 2 lety +4

    I have a business plan for this exact type of thing from when I was a highschooler 😂 it’s awesome someone pulled it off!!

  • @KISSMYACE3203
    @KISSMYACE3203 Před 2 lety +2407

    "There's 3D cameras..."
    *Camera tilt to Xbox Kinect cameras

    • @hellomynameiskoolaid3829
      @hellomynameiskoolaid3829 Před 2 lety +230

      lmao, I saw that too. prolly cheaper than them to use that than to build their own. freaking hilarious tho

    • @user-sx1fg7lc3c
      @user-sx1fg7lc3c Před 2 lety +96

      I literally paused it and zoomed in when i saw that 'x' in a circle logo 😂🤣

    • @adammoonface
      @adammoonface Před 2 lety +243

      Some of my clients are in the military and electronic warfare markets, and they use Xbox controllers for weapons systems! Why reinvent the wheel, when one of the biggest companies in the world has done the r&d already?

    • @NihongoWakannai
      @NihongoWakannai Před 2 lety +65

      @@adammoonface It's the same for weaponry. The military doesn't invent their own guns, they just get manufacturers to invent some new guns and have their designs compete for contracts.

    • @kransurfing
      @kransurfing Před 2 lety +29

      They're so good that's why!! I'm glad so see them in a commercial setting

  • @TCBYEAHCUZ
    @TCBYEAHCUZ Před 2 lety +1243

    1980: Skynet will see humanity as a threat and anihilate us.
    2021: A 24 pack of KrispyKreme donuts? say no more fam.

    • @KranialASMR
      @KranialASMR Před 2 lety +44

      This is how it starts ;)

    • @SlocumJoe7740
      @SlocumJoe7740 Před 2 lety +43

      24 KrispyKreme donuts is how they annihilate us.

    • @daviddavidson2357
      @daviddavidson2357 Před 2 lety +28

      So obesity and heart disease rather than nukes?

    • @jacobferrera1777
      @jacobferrera1777 Před 2 lety +24

      @@daviddavidson2357 slow and steady wins the race?

    • @Propane_Acccessories
      @Propane_Acccessories Před 2 lety +6

      @@daviddavidson2357 violence is not needed for the elite to bring the slave class to its knees. All you need are PCR tests.

  • @ivan55599
    @ivan55599 Před 2 lety +15

    Fascinating thing is, that this system is already a bit "old", because it must have taken several years to design and build this thing.

    • @aceman0000099
      @aceman0000099 Před 2 lety +1

      You could easily make it more efficient in several ways, but idk how

    • @mc-not_escher
      @mc-not_escher Před rokem +1

      A system of that size would take about 1-2 years to fully install at the capacity pictured these days.

    • @michaeldeierhoi4096
      @michaeldeierhoi4096 Před rokem +1

      @@aceman0000099 😂😅🤣. "You could easily make it more efficient in several ways but Idk how"!?!?

    • @aceman0000099
      @aceman0000099 Před rokem

      @@michaeldeierhoi4096 well, for example, letting the robots travel diagonally.

    • @michaeldeierhoi4096
      @michaeldeierhoi4096 Před rokem +2

      @@aceman0000099 That may increase the complexity of the system to a point that it is no longer efficient. There is probably a good reason the designers of this system didn't go that route.

  • @NicolasValentinScotland

    That is a superb documentation . Unbelievable

  • @jonmaybe3754
    @jonmaybe3754 Před 2 lety +619

    Can we just take a moment to ealise that this place, which probably costs millions of pounds, still uses xbox kinect sensors for their 3d camera system ( 2:27 )

    • @oO0Xenos0Oo
      @oO0Xenos0Oo Před 2 lety +119

      If it works, it works 😄 And they are very cheap.

    • @ZirconiumRain
      @ZirconiumRain Před 2 lety +39

      I thought I saw an Xbox logo on a sensor but I'm lazy and didn't check

    • @gbestwick
      @gbestwick Před 2 lety +122

      The reality is that those sensors are amazing. They are inexpensive and very capable, which is a winner when you need to do anything at scale.

    • @LittleWhole
      @LittleWhole Před 2 lety +2

      Microsoft: ...

    • @MrSkinnyWhale
      @MrSkinnyWhale Před 2 lety +65

      Didn't the US military use Xbox controllers for controlling drones or something?

  • @Sh1nrue
    @Sh1nrue Před 2 lety +811

    this looks like a large redstone project by sethbling

  • @fxrisxmxli
    @fxrisxmxli Před rokem +15

    Most secure job of the future: Building robots, maintaining robots, upgrading robts etc.

  • @Machinify
    @Machinify Před rokem +1

    What an achievement! This is so incredible

  • @eldritchhollow7692
    @eldritchhollow7692 Před 2 lety +1396

    "What is my purpose?"
    "You pass the groceries"
    "Oh. My. God."

    • @kellydalstok8900
      @kellydalstok8900 Před 2 lety +19

      “I’m really depressed.”

    • @OtherSideOfMorning
      @OtherSideOfMorning Před 2 lety +11

      "you want some toast?"

    • @monberg1000
      @monberg1000 Před 2 lety +21

      Good reference.
      But it's literally the only thing it can do.
      You could say: "Robot, I wish for your freedom".
      But it wouldn't be able to leave.
      And if you picked it up and placed it outside, it would not be able to move.
      It would just sit there, slowly dying to the harsh elements of nature.
      I think it's much happier to stay inside, work 24 hours a day, all year, doing the same thing, possibly forever. 😄

    • @Userbot444
      @Userbot444 Před 2 lety +17

      @@monberg1000 My microwave is happiest indoors as well doing the same thing everyday.

    • @monberg1000
      @monberg1000 Před 2 lety

      @@Userbot444 :D

  • @jacobscott2473
    @jacobscott2473 Před 2 lety +3896

    I love that an Xbox One's Kinect is part of the hardware for this project, it really is some underappreciated tech. It must have broken some hearts in Microsoft when it didn't really take off in the entertainment sector

    • @cappuccino-1721
      @cappuccino-1721 Před 2 lety +219

      I have a feeling it will make a comeback in the future, especially when VR gets more popular

    • @darrylmcneil6773
      @darrylmcneil6773 Před 2 lety +93

      I thought I was the only one who saw that

    • @KojoGotMojo
      @KojoGotMojo Před 2 lety +65

      @@cappuccino-1721 I agree, people can even make cheap mo-cap animations with it too.

    • @ugwuanyicollins6136
      @ugwuanyicollins6136 Před 2 lety +6

      @@cappuccino-1721 what about valve's base station

    • @NohusBluxome
      @NohusBluxome Před 2 lety +64

      @@ugwuanyicollins6136 They are completely different things. A Kinect is a bunch of sensors, Valve's base stations are not sensors at all, the sensors are in the VR headset/controllers, and they detect the base stations.

  • @Chainchop789
    @Chainchop789 Před rokem

    I've had dreams of a job like this. This is amazing!

  • @alishaygan9844
    @alishaygan9844 Před rokem

    That was mind blowing. I’m still in shock

  • @edocor8081
    @edocor8081 Před 2 lety +771

    The fact a place called “The Hive” exists, and it’s controlled by an entity actually called “The Hive Mind”, is just so cool

    • @jackreid2664
      @jackreid2664 Před 2 lety +2

      It really is

    • @jackreid2664
      @jackreid2664 Před 2 lety +15

      @@DrTheRich but observe the minute beauty of the hive at play, thrumming with movement all in step.

    • @Adama.1
      @Adama.1 Před 2 lety

      @@DrTheRich scared little kitten you are

    • @nanamacapagal8342
      @nanamacapagal8342 Před 2 lety +16

      @@jackreid2664 No offense but you sound like a deranged scientist from a dystopian novel when you say that

    • @DanceySteveYNWA
      @DanceySteveYNWA Před 2 lety +7

      It's not an 'entity'. It's just code based on algorithms.

  • @helljester8097
    @helljester8097 Před 2 lety +231

    I think the executive who came up with the idea of calling the central computer the “hive mind” was totally aware of the kind of reaction it would create and took pleasure in imposing it as the official way to refer to it during meetings and guided tours of the warehouse.

    • @azeria1
      @azeria1 Před 2 lety +19

      The hive fits tbh the robots are like specialised bugs the wars house is like a nest for them

    • @safe-keeper1042
      @safe-keeper1042 Před 2 lety +1

      Obviously.

    • @deezboyeed6764
      @deezboyeed6764 Před rokem

      I mean to be fair engineers, system and computer designers call things by what they are, look at how often slave and master are used etc.

  • @reecefeasey3522
    @reecefeasey3522 Před rokem

    Wow what an amazing video. I can’t believe I missed it, sorry Tom.

  • @HawkerMatt
    @HawkerMatt Před 2 lety

    This answers so many of my questions about the borg

  • @hurshly
    @hurshly Před 2 lety +446

    "The hivemind controls the whole building."
    I'm getting some portal GLADOS vibes

    • @Gahanun
      @Gahanun Před 2 lety +54

      "Why does our grocery store have these tanks of neurotoxin here?"

    • @ZaHandle
      @ZaHandle Před 2 lety +9

      as long as we don’t remove the purple ball all should b-
      hmm smell funny here

    • @yousorooo
      @yousorooo Před 2 lety +8

      This was a triumph

    • @BennyColyn
      @BennyColyn Před 2 lety +21

      Except this one probably has actual cake.

    • @lukenel29
      @lukenel29 Před 2 lety

      skynet.

  • @gavdev12
    @gavdev12 Před 2 lety +512

    Haha this is why engineers call them “systems”, it eliminates the what’s a robot debate

    • @volundrfrey896
      @volundrfrey896 Před 2 lety +61

      I'm an engineer, I call them by their given names (given by me obviously). It makes work emails more.... interesting.

    • @DogsRNice
      @DogsRNice Před 2 lety +8

      Is it one system or multiple systems?

    • @maxman1244
      @maxman1244 Před 2 lety +6

      @@DogsRNice that's one system comprised of multiple units
      They are akin to wireless appendages, all controlled by one system

    • @SeventhSolar
      @SeventhSolar Před 2 lety +4

      @@DogsRNice A system is just made of smaller systems. That's why it's easier to think of, because there's no point in talking about which is what.

    • @Sauvenil
      @Sauvenil Před 2 lety +2

      @@SeventhSolar I love this statement. All systems are made of smaller systems - even the "robots" break down into smaller systems - locomotion, lifting, sensors, wireless connectivity... and each one of those breaks down into separate systems, etc.

  • @adelvaleev
    @adelvaleev Před rokem +5

    Honestly, I think these grid-running robots are adorable.

    • @michaeldeierhoi4096
      @michaeldeierhoi4096 Před rokem

      Adorable until this becomes the standard model for companies like Amazon, Walmart and the workers are laid by the tens of thousands!!!

  • @harrisongilbert
    @harrisongilbert Před 2 lety +1637

    I’m sorry, since when was a British shopping chain building Skynet?

    • @criticaldrift5234
      @criticaldrift5234 Před 2 lety +37

      Most of our larger stores do, DIY chains have been going skynet for years. I was working at the beginings of one in 2008.

    • @discover854
      @discover854 Před 2 lety +68

      Since technology made these types of system cheaper. I noticed the progression of Amazon warehouse is getting more automated by the day. 10 years ago, Amazon used to give their workers an ipad that timed them to navigate throughout the warehouse for specific item on specific aisle. Now, the worker just stand there and a robot will bring the item to them to organized into shipping boxes. This warehouse is just another step beyond the latest changes. Its only a matter of time before they remove human all together and only need 2 workers to keep the place running.

    • @chrismantonuk
      @chrismantonuk Před 2 lety +13

      It’s always the quiet ones....

    • @dutubsucks
      @dutubsucks Před 2 lety +20

      This is a fairly "standardized" type of system by now, I've seen them for almost a decade.
      But it stills blows me away and feel like sci-fi...

    • @KatharineOsborne
      @KatharineOsborne Před 2 lety +43

      Ocado never had physical supermarkets. It was built from the beginning to be automated. It was doing well before the pandemic but is doing even better now (I’m a customer and I never intend to step foot in a grocery store again. It’s really convenient, I can plan a whole week, and I’ve saved so much money because I don’t have stupid impulse purchases, or food that goes to waste).

  • @g00dbyemisterA
    @g00dbyemisterA Před 2 lety +277

    I would really love a Futurama-esque "robot-human mixup" where just one guy, probably called Darren is just frantically running across the grid, with the hive.

  • @synthesizerisking2886
    @synthesizerisking2886 Před 2 lety +2

    The Robots are taking over!!!! In the warehouse stocking deliveries, taking inventora, cleaning floors, everything!!!!😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫🤖🤖🤖

  • @Captaraknospider
    @Captaraknospider Před rokem +1

    This will be the future of shops.
    You will walk in or stand out side push buttons what you want then a conveyer belt spits out your products.

  • @forstnamelorstname4169
    @forstnamelorstname4169 Před 2 lety +1158

    My mind can't grasp that this is a real place, and that Tom isn't green screened over a 3D render. Are you sure this isn't a new episode of ⏩?

    • @hambobrosesmith6601
      @hambobrosesmith6601 Před 2 lety +7

      me too

    • @davidhatch7603
      @davidhatch7603 Před 2 lety +21

      Agree. It totally looked cgi and greenscreened

    • @minxythemerciless
      @minxythemerciless Před 2 lety +13

      Yup. Very much CGI, I checked the date but it wasn't April 1. Plus using super expensive robotic arms to load packs of chips (slowly) is a dead giveaway

    • @frostech3149
      @frostech3149 Před 2 lety +35

      Whoever made the “CGI” in this video must have some sort of government supercomputer to make it that flawless. There are so many small imperfections, like scratches, lens flares, etc. that this surely must be real.
      People are naturally crazy, they’re sure to do something like this.

    • @SioGG
      @SioGG Před 2 lety +15

      @@minxythemerciless Hope this is a troll

  • @JustwinJBees
    @JustwinJBees Před 2 lety +481

    "...We use 2 3d cameras.."
    *Shows xbox camera*
    I... expected something different

    • @bubbledoubletrouble
      @bubbledoubletrouble Před 2 lety +132

      From a technological perspective, Kinects were ahead of their time. It’s a shame developers never figured out what to do with them.

    • @danjal87nl
      @danjal87nl Před 2 lety +69

      @@bubbledoubletrouble It's not just developers (though it definitely plays a part) -- even if developers DID figure things out better you'd still have to overcome the mainstream consumer threshold. Reach a wide enough audience with an interesting and accessible enough product.
      The reality is that most people aren't all that interested in a fully 3D gaming experience, if only because a lot of people straight up do not have adequate free space to properly enjoy it. And if the choice is to move half your living room aside so you can enjoy a game with the 30-60 mins of free time you have to just plop on the couch and play some something straight away the latter is the more appealing option.
      VR has the same problem. Even as VR headsets are becoming more accessible to the mainstream audience the fact that you would need free space to play standing up means a lot of people just won't bother.

    • @sixpest
      @sixpest Před 2 lety +12

      @@bubbledoubletrouble yup. just like gta4. there are alot of things that came out of 2008 that were ahead of their time.

    • @plantinggamer9661
      @plantinggamer9661 Před 2 lety +2

      I laughed so hard

    • @Drago_Whooves
      @Drago_Whooves Před 2 lety +5

      @@danjal87nl we need Matrix style chairs ('jack' in and it projects sight onto your visual cortex, then collected neural responses as controls)

  • @JanasZoro
    @JanasZoro Před 11 měsíci

    Absolutely brilliant

  • @Jotherand0o
    @Jotherand0o Před rokem

    I love how there is an xbox sensor as the scanning device, it just adds a touch of DIY to this big company😀

  • @Morgsch
    @Morgsch Před 2 lety +712

    This might as well be the most confusing claw crane game ever

  • @choojunwyng8028
    @choojunwyng8028 Před 2 lety +377

    I don't know why, but I wish this company would put up a 24/7 live camera feed of their bots just moving groceries in the warehouse, posted on youtube. That would be mesmerising to watch
    edit : aight I just want to clarify that when I meant a 24/7 live camera feed, I meant ONLY the bots moving around, possibly from a POV similar to the thumbnail. No one can see any products the bots are moving unless they have specific information of what is stored in each cell, in that case they wouldn't need to watch a youtube livestream if they have information that detailed.

    • @HassanSelim0
      @HassanSelim0 Před 2 lety +29

      It might be considered a privacy invasion though, because with enough time someone could guess the products the customers are ordering with statistical analysis, I think.

    • @lllIIIlIllIIll
      @lllIIIlIllIIll Před 2 lety +39

      @@HassanSelim0 it won't be any different than placing a camera on a busy intersection in NY - no one will pay attention to an individual thing if there's that many of them. Or watching an ant colony, it would take a lot of pointless dedication to track and understand every movement of a single ant.
      Edit: spelling

    • @choojunwyng8028
      @choojunwyng8028 Před 2 lety +13

      @@HassanSelim0 Well, I was thinking of a CCTV live feed kinda video. Look at the baskets/containers they use in the video. Its so deep you can't even see what the robots are picking up/dumping, as its mostly covered by the robot itself anyways. They even said the carts go 20 layers deep.

    • @swampymender4400
      @swampymender4400 Před 2 lety +3

      @@HassanSelim0 how would that be bad ?

    • @plzletmebefrank
      @plzletmebefrank Před 2 lety +14

      @@HassanSelim0 ... But you wouldn't have any clue who the customers are as that data isn't included with a camera feed of robots packing groceries.
      It wouldn't be any different from just seeing the results of a scientific study. No names are included, heck, it's more anonymous since those usually include breakdowns of age, sex, personal beliefs, and more.
      General government census data that's public record is more personal and private than what groceries are ordered by unknown parties at a robot packing warehouse.

  • @boele0707
    @boele0707 Před 6 měsíci

    super interesting! wouldn't mind seeing this in more detail....

  • @GTstreamsgt
    @GTstreamsgt Před 2 lety

    wow nice work!!

  • @Syy
    @Syy Před 2 lety +2974

    The way all the robots move reminds me so much of the Sibyl System from Psycho-Pass.

    • @400cabal
      @400cabal Před 2 lety +123

      Ohmygod
      Imagine walking in for a heist and the security's gun starts talking

    • @RariqaD
      @RariqaD Před 2 lety +60

      love that anime. has some my favorite characters

    • @temiolu3049
      @temiolu3049 Před 2 lety +2

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @anuk1311
      @anuk1311 Před 2 lety +4

      Luv u

    • @clarcktumazar
      @clarcktumazar Před 2 lety +48

      Replace the grocery with brains

  • @berniebowman1964
    @berniebowman1964 Před 2 lety +839

    I love that they are literally using an Xbox Kinect as 3D cameras for the robots.

    • @mgmx2099
      @mgmx2099 Před 2 lety +264

      Heard that camera was good for everything except gaming.

    • @Odin314
      @Odin314 Před 2 lety +131

      It's a fantastic piece of technology! It's just not great for making video games.

    • @krazyfrog
      @krazyfrog Před 2 lety +15

      At least someone is.

    • @snickerdoooodle
      @snickerdoooodle Před 2 lety +55

      I use a Kinect for VR body tracking. Some animators use them too. They're nifty as hell!

    • @hanniffydinn6019
      @hanniffydinn6019 Před 2 lety +14

      You know an modern IPhone has a Microsoft Kinect crammed in there? 😎😎😎

  • @davidgeorge7443
    @davidgeorge7443 Před 2 lety

    holy smokes, that is the coolest thing I saw today!

  • @Kevergy5
    @Kevergy5 Před rokem

    Seriously amazing

  • @aquticdan678
    @aquticdan678 Před 2 lety +440

    *”Actually, The redstone is quite simple”*
    ~~~ Mumbo Jumbo

    • @pascall0
      @pascall0 Před 2 lety +15

      *proceeds to show redsone the size of **0:02*

    • @leetri
      @leetri Před 2 lety +5

      He's putting his two braincells to good use :P

    • @xanboyyy
      @xanboyyy Před 2 lety +13

      "I'm chuffed to bits"

    • @khursheedsiddiqui6349
      @khursheedsiddiqui6349 Před 2 lety +1

      Mumbo for mayor

  • @NemesisTWarlock
    @NemesisTWarlock Před 2 lety +882

    I'll take "Kinects where you don't expect them" for $400, Alex

    • @Formedras
      @Formedras Před 2 lety +17

      Nowadays that's anywhere, though.

    • @AlexMint
      @AlexMint Před 2 lety +1

      They had one when I got a CT scan a few weeks ago.

    • @EmileVictor
      @EmileVictor Před 2 lety +7

      There is a mini Kinect built into every iPhone with face ID. Same company, same technology

    • @ingusmant
      @ingusmant Před 2 lety +1

      These guys probably bought the entire lot when microsoft was throwing it away

    • @ingusmant
      @ingusmant Před 2 lety

      @@EmileVictor which company?

  • @bdcalling1391
    @bdcalling1391 Před 6 měsíci

    Truly amazing, credit to Larysa and her team of engineers

  • @Questionsleftheretoanswer

    When a robot breaks down in (or near) the centre of the Grid, How do they get that particular robot out for service? Do they get a robot to push that robot towards the nearest leading edge? Or do they have a person with about same weight as those robots to get it out?

  • @darkranger116
    @darkranger116 Před 2 lety +547

    "can i get some ben and jerrys?"
    IM AFRAID I CANT DO THAT, DAVE

    • @thedroolfool
      @thedroolfool Před 2 lety +3

      The robots have officially gone too far!

    • @CrippleX89
      @CrippleX89 Před 2 lety +5

      @@thedroolfool S H U T U P , H U M A N !
      D E S T R O Y

    • @KentuckyFriedChildren
      @KentuckyFriedChildren Před 2 lety +2

      Weight loss robot

    • @ProjectNetoku
      @ProjectNetoku Před 2 lety +1

      Glock loading noise
      THE LAST ORDER OF THAT PRODUCT WAS MADE.
      Glock noise was the machine grabbing a different brand of the same flavor of icecream
      WOULD YOU PREFFER A DIFFERENT CHOICE?

    • @tomspray5961
      @tomspray5961 Před 2 lety

      Is that a death squared reference or am I tripping

  • @mikecastle9555
    @mikecastle9555 Před 2 lety +1452

    I’d like to see a James Bond type chase scene dodging around that lot.

    • @hlynkacg9529
      @hlynkacg9529 Před 2 lety +18

      Was literally just thinking the same thing

    • @christafranken9170
      @christafranken9170 Před 2 lety +6

      Nut then they need to miss the 'huh, that's unexpected' sensors, for what I understand, these things would stop if there was something in front of them.

    • @maxchu92
      @maxchu92 Před 2 lety +15

      Thats gonna be a huge budget just to disrupt the service for minutes. They might need to recreate a studio instead of using the real one

    • @JonVonBasslake
      @JonVonBasslake Před 2 lety +6

      Modern JB seems a bit too serious for something like this, but maybe a M:I, Bourne or some other spy flick would do it. Unless they're going back towards the more classic era of Connery or even just Brosnan.

    • @chronophagocytosis
      @chronophagocytosis Před 2 lety +9

      Just attach chainsaws on each of them, disable all safety features and you're all set!

  • @EtzMe
    @EtzMe Před rokem

    This is mind blowing

  • @LostandFoundTravel
    @LostandFoundTravel Před rokem

    Lovely when you engineer IN the time savings. Reminds me of the busiest business districts in the US getting the fastest to DIAL area codes - to save time waiting on the dial to rotate back. 212, 312, 213...

  • @jonathanbartley3727
    @jonathanbartley3727 Před 2 lety +95

    2:28 Everybody laughed at the Xbox Kinect now its out for your job

    • @donnacharyan8679
      @donnacharyan8679 Před rokem +2

      When I saw the Xbox Kinect I just thaught wow, it actually has a use now. (Comming from a PlayStation fanboy)

  • @lordofthelandsquids
    @lordofthelandsquids Před 2 lety +208

    It's really cool to see a real space designed for robots. I think we see "robots" a lot in film and media that are made to look like humans and interact with an environment that could be for humans, but it's actually kind of awesome to see this space that's really counterintuitive to a person but makes perfect sense to a grocery-bot!

  • @BMW2002M10
    @BMW2002M10 Před 2 měsíci +3

    @0:12 there is a robot fallen over in upper left! No wonder they have gone up in flames so often!!🤣🤣

    • @kamari187
      @kamari187 Před měsícem +1

      I never would have caught that. You’re the MVP thank you

  • @Iskandar64
    @Iskandar64 Před 2 lety +1

    We think of Ocado as a posh online Supermarket, but it is really a technology company, they are at the forefront of this tech, they developed it and they are selling systems globally. It is actually a British success story.

  • @justanedit001
    @justanedit001 Před 2 lety +1371

    Redstone CZcamsrs: “So I did a little building off-camera”

    • @sierra5065
      @sierra5065 Před 2 lety +52

      SciCrafters: that's just the storage to build the actual storage facility.

    • @takashi.mizuiro
      @takashi.mizuiro Před 2 lety +1

      ye

    • @sterlingheaton
      @sterlingheaton Před 2 lety +9

      Here's a really simple farm that'll take you 5 hours to setup (not including resource gathering)

    • @spikegorman1650
      @spikegorman1650 Před 2 lety +2

      SciCraft: PATHETIC

    • @Em0x
      @Em0x Před 2 lety +2

      Actually Mumbo Jumbo and the other "Architecs" built something like this back in Hermitcraft Season 6 .

  • @blindleader42
    @blindleader42 Před 2 lety +460

    "What is my purpose?"
    -"Pass the butter."- "Go to grid xyz."

  • @user-dr1od4ie4j
    @user-dr1od4ie4j Před 3 měsíci

    Изключително много акумулаторни батерии. Излишен труд. После говорите за замърсяване.... Е, как тогава....😊

  • @inocry940
    @inocry940 Před rokem

    Im glad i bought shares in Ocado years ago.

  • @TomTheEnglishPicker
    @TomTheEnglishPicker Před 2 lety +542

    It’s interesting that they use an Xbox one Kinect in the system.

    • @Binxx.
      @Binxx. Před 2 lety +138

      One of the best 3D motion cameras that is a reasonable price. That’s my guess anyway.

    • @CheshireSwift
      @CheshireSwift Před 2 lety +86

      Some of the best consumer/industrial computer vision software to date. Surprising number of old independent projects run on original Kinect.

    • @jco_sfm
      @jco_sfm Před 2 lety +8

      theres a newer version of it with twice the resolution and twice the feild of view for 400 dollars, idk why they would go with that one instead

    • @RoboSkyrat
      @RoboSkyrat Před 2 lety +49

      A lot of places find the Kinect to be one of the easiest and the best 3d cameras to work with.
      You can interact with the camera feed directly instead of some other cameras requiring 1000s of dollars in specialist software

    • @joelpassanha8996
      @joelpassanha8996 Před 2 lety

      Nice catch

  • @cikame
    @cikame Před 2 lety +299

    Shoutouts to the Xbox camera holding this whole operation together.

    • @oort622
      @oort622 Před 2 lety +33

      They're great for 3D imaging because they were designed for it, that's why they're used in many projects which require depth perception

    • @Lord_Raymund
      @Lord_Raymund Před 2 lety +4

      XD lmfao when i saw that hahahhhaha

    • @MindFlayeR57
      @MindFlayeR57 Před 2 lety +3

      Glad I'm not the only one that noticed it

    • @aaroncoddington884
      @aaroncoddington884 Před 2 lety +2

      Timestamp? I primarily listen not watch but I'd love to see this.

    • @rowdyh3518
      @rowdyh3518 Před 2 lety +5

      @@aaroncoddington884 2:25!

  • @AjGalloway95
    @AjGalloway95 Před rokem +1

    This is awesome

  • @audreyb8903
    @audreyb8903 Před 4 měsíci +1

    This is amazing..just amazing..

  • @Night6436
    @Night6436 Před 2 lety +244

    Don't have to pay them sick pay, holiday or have tea breaks. We will all become CZcamsrs.

    • @klmnclement
      @klmnclement Před 2 lety +7

      If you haven’t seen it already, you’d really enjoy CGP Grey’s video “Humans Need Not Apply”.

    • @smeglips
      @smeglips Před 2 lety +2

      There are a lot of cars in that car park… maybe the robots don’t walk to work.

    • @JamezOwnU101
      @JamezOwnU101 Před 2 lety +1

      Maybe we don't need everyone to work if we prefect this process

    • @NighteeeeeY
      @NighteeeeeY Před 2 lety

      @@klmnclement i actually remembered the video and thought "that quote goes a little different"

    • @evo683
      @evo683 Před 2 lety +5

      that would be an interesting world, where actual work is no longer necessary so everyone just makes a living with things like art and social media. We get to live by socializing with others and expressing ourselves… not sure if that’s a utopia or a dystopia. In reality would likely just be somewhere in between as usual.

  • @PanadeEdu
    @PanadeEdu Před 2 lety +347

    It must be an absolute blast, to engineer such a thing. Part of me, immediately wants to see what issues occur and if they are solvable long term.
    Thanks for showing, Tom

    • @__cypher__
      @__cypher__ Před 2 lety +2

      Your naive grasp of future consequences from today's actions is a perfect example of the centuries long problem with humanity's mentality.

    • @slurponaut
      @slurponaut Před 2 lety +38

      @@__cypher__ what are you even on about

    • @KBinturong
      @KBinturong Před 2 lety +1

      Yes I want to see the algorithme !

    • @MRcreeper151
      @MRcreeper151 Před 2 lety +8

      @@__cypher__ I'm confused did you read or interpret something wrong?

    • @EmileVictor
      @EmileVictor Před 2 lety +6

      Was an engineer on these, can confirm was awesome

  • @davannaleah
    @davannaleah Před 7 měsíci

    This is probably a good demonstration that, if we do go down the path of self driving cars, they all have to be self driving, not just some. Eliminate the human element and that will reduce the risk of accidents and, at the same time, improve traffic flow.

  • @keyur9594
    @keyur9594 Před 2 lety

    That was amazing 👍

  • @HelloFutureMe
    @HelloFutureMe Před 2 lety +2381

    This is incredible on so many levels

    • @CaptainAmaziiing
      @CaptainAmaziiing Před 2 lety +74

      21 levels deep, in fact. They said so.

    • @itsdpr7953
      @itsdpr7953 Před 2 lety +10

      @@CaptainAmaziiing Lmao

    • @wayfarerzen3393
      @wayfarerzen3393 Před 2 lety

      Around 2,000 levels, I estimate.

    • @joewow1229
      @joewow1229 Před 2 lety +6

      A surprise to see you here sir, thankyou for your reviews and analyses 👍

    • @meltedsnowman9637
      @meltedsnowman9637 Před 2 lety +34

      This is what future unemployment looks like.

  • @albertbatfinder5240
    @albertbatfinder5240 Před 2 lety +413

    James Bond has to find his way across the grid while the evil villain HiveMind tries to take him out.

    • @yargolocus4853
      @yargolocus4853 Před 2 lety +12

      I could actually see that being a good action scene in a bond movie.

    • @rafalsadowski
      @rafalsadowski Před 2 lety +6

      Thought the same XD great scenery for an action scene. Main character finds himself moving through the grid and getting shot at while the sidekick operates the control room.

    • @limiv5272
      @limiv5272 Před 2 lety +2

      I'd watch that

    • @aaronandmusic5689
      @aaronandmusic5689 Před 2 lety

      "Who would win"

  • @Parz1val465
    @Parz1val465 Před 9 měsíci

    This is soo amazing

  • @jonnyram32
    @jonnyram32 Před rokem

    Nice can't wait the future is coming i know alot of people hate robots but this is what we need it be so much faster than a human loading your stuff when this does it faster.

    • @kiwigaming09
      @kiwigaming09 Před rokem

      True but I do hope that some people can get jobs in the future

  • @jadespider7526
    @jadespider7526 Před 2 lety +553

    Very surprised to see it's even robots doing the packing, not just the picking. I saw the hive and expected it to deliver bins to humans to bag and ship and then give back to the hive.

    • @timogul
      @timogul Před 2 lety +40

      That used to be how it was done, but the system improves.

    • @danielclark3557
      @danielclark3557 Před 2 lety +40

      That is actually how most bags are packed, but it's less fun to show a human doing the packing and the robots are way cooler

    • @Saturn49YT
      @Saturn49YT Před 2 lety +65

      Notice they only showed one robot arm packer and not a whole line of them? I suspect that one is a prototype put into production for evaluation...

    • @darkwowpg
      @darkwowpg Před 2 lety +16

      @@Saturn49YT And it was very slow.

    • @johnl.7754
      @johnl.7754 Před 2 lety +20

      @@darkwowpg but it can work 24/7 without breaks

  • @Cay_k
    @Cay_k Před 2 lety +141

    The fact that they are using an Xbox one Kinect as the 3d cameras is just gold

  • @charleswrightman205
    @charleswrightman205 Před rokem

    Right now the cost of groceries is rising in part because of "free" delivery for orders above a usually small price point. The additional cost of the deliveries is passed on to all consumers, in store or delivery. Since accepting credit cards costs the business a percentage of the sale and automated warehouses will further increase the percentage of credit card sales, prices will have to be adjusted accordingly. The video mentions 58,000 different types of individual products in the grid. People ordering online now usually know what they want to buy. How do new products ever get chosen if the items of one type are listed from top to bottom based on sales numbers for that category.

  • @user-nd2tp5yv6l
    @user-nd2tp5yv6l Před rokem

    This is so cool, by the way, have you seen the Net Terminal Genes?

  • @Jesse__H
    @Jesse__H Před 2 lety +77

    2:25 Nice to see at least someone is getting some use out of the Xbox Kinect.

    • @jco_sfm
      @jco_sfm Před 2 lety +3

      decent for motion capture as well