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Robots and Humans Working In Harmony In The DC

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More and more DCs are investing in robotics as a means to alleviate their labor challenges. In addition to fully automating certain repetitive tasks, robots are increasingly finding a place working alongside human workers. Rather than replacing workers, many of these new robots are taking the place of conveyor and other traditional forms of material handling automation. They are reducing worker travel (non-productive time) and thereby boosting productivity. These new collaborative robots – cobots – change the nature of picking and other processes, forcing DCs to change how they organize and coordinate the work performed by humans and their robotic helpers. Optimizing these human-robotic processes is critical to scaling these activities and achieving maximum efficiency.