Amazon is just beginning to use robots in its warehouses and they’re already making a huge difference

by Kassie Perlongo

17 June 2016

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Amazon acquired Kiva for $775 million in 2012 but only started using the orange robots in its warehouses in late 2014. The deal was expected to make inventory management more efficient. It’s now beginning to become clear by how much. The “click to ship” cycle used to be around 60-75 minutes when employees had manually to sif

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