DHL To Invest $300 Million To Quadruple Robots In Warehouses In 2019

A logistics division of DHL announced today that it will invest $300 million to modernize 60 percent of its warehouses in North America with more IoT sensors and robots. Robotic process automation and software made to reduce workflow interruptions will also play a role. VentureBeat reports: Such technology is already in operation in 85 DHL facilities, or roughly 20 percent of warehouses across North America. Funding announced today will bring emerging technology to 350 of DHL Supply Chain's 430 operating sites. The company has more than 35,000 employees in North America. Conversations are ongoing with more than 25 robotics and process automation industry leaders, DHL Supply Chain president of retail Jim Gehr said. DHL Supply Chain warehouse robots will work primarily with unit-picking operations and will be able to complete a range of tasks, from collaborative piece picking to shuttling items across a factory to following human packers.

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[gweihir]

Indeed.

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[couchslug]

They already can.
You just need a bidet, actuators and a programmable controller.

You suck as a troll. Go back to 4chan and lurk moar.

DHL is the RC Cola of shipping companies

[Alexan Kulbashian]

DHL took over 100% of Germany's postal services and ran it into the ground. Local packages take two weeks, International packages take up to a month to deliver once they reach the border and require you to visit a warehouse in the middle of nowhere to pick up your delivery. They are an overpriced, inconvenient and a severely debilitated service. Great that they are joining the robot revolution, but their shortcomings are is entirely in their logistics and quality of service.

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[tlhIngan]

DHL took over 100% of Germany's postal services and ran it into the ground. Local packages take two weeks, International packages take up to a month to deliver once they reach the border and require you to visit a warehouse in the middle of nowhere to pick up your delivery. They are an overpriced, inconvenient and a severely debilitated service. Great that they are joining the robot revolution, but their shortcomings are is entirely in their logistics and quality of service.

DHL is a subsidiary of Germany's

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[aaarrrgggh]

The article mentions one vendor... but all this is really just an RFP...

In other countries?

[RogueWarrior65]

DHL service sucks moose balls here in the US. Elsewhere in the world, however, DHL is fine.

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[mikael]

Our jobs have already been robotized many times. Email replaced printing out documents and dropping them into someone else IN tray. Compilers replaced hand-coding assembly. Washing machines replaced hand-washing.