Watch the Robots Shipping Your Amazon Order This Holiday | TIME
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"they're some of the most advanced robots that e-commerce giant Amazon now uses to ship its goods."
"The robots are made by Kiva Systems, a company Amazon purchased for $775 million in 2012 to better handle the hundreds of worldwide orders Amazon customers make every second."
"bring shelves of goods out of storage and carry them to employees, allowing Amazon to retrieve more items for more customers simultaneously"
"began using these robots in July of this year"
"more than 15,000 of them in 10 of the company's warehouses. They whir around like gears on a Swiss watch."
"may seem like a lot to sink into a retrieving system,"
"Amazon's profits depend on the company becoming ever more efficient at shipping orders."
"growing faster than the company's sales are."
"$8.6 billion in 2013 on fulfillment, a 34% increase from the year before;"
"total sales grew 22% in the same period."
"spend a sum about as large as the entire economy of Mongolia just to push its packages."
"(Amazon as a whole lost $437 million last quarter, as the company reinvests income into its own growth.)"
"Amazon Senior Vice President of Operations Dave Clark says improvements such as the Kiva robots have significantly increased operations efficiency while making employees' lives easier."
"criticized for the conditions in its fulfillment centers,"
"workers often logging over 10 hours a day and walking up to 15 miles"
" Conditions at a Pennsylvania warehouse drew attention to Amazon's employment practices during the summer of 2011,"
"employees regularly collapsed with heatstroke."
"installed air-conditioners in its warehouses."
"The Kiva robots cut out much of the hard "picking" work and bring items directly to workers,"
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"Customers ordered 426 items per second on the Monday following Thanksgiving last year,"
"the robots are "not about eliminating jobs.""
"more people have been hired to join her team since the Kiva robots were installed, because more robots mean more work."
"About 80,000 workers are expected to come on board as temporary help for the holidays this year."
" others will ask a robot to do it for them."
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"they're some of the most advanced robots that e-commerce giant Amazon now uses to ship its goods."
"The robots are made by Kiva Systems, a company Amazon purchased for $775 million in 2012 to better handle the hundreds of worldwide orders Amazon customers make every second."
"bring shelves of goods out of storage and carry them to employees, allowing Amazon to retrieve more items for more customers simultaneously"
"began using these robots in July of this year"
"more than 15,000 of them in 10 of the company's warehouses. They whir around like gears on a Swiss watch."
"may seem like a lot to sink into a retrieving system,"
"Amazon's profits depend on the company becoming ever more efficient at shipping orders."
"growing faster than the company's sales are."
"$8.6 billion in 2013 on fulfillment, a 34% increase from the year before;"
"total sales grew 22% in the same period."
"spend a sum about as large as the entire economy of Mongolia just to push its packages."
"(Amazon as a whole lost $437 million last quarter, as the company reinvests income into its own growth.)"
"Amazon Senior Vice President of Operations Dave Clark says improvements such as the Kiva robots have significantly increased operations efficiency while making employees' lives easier."
"criticized for the conditions in its fulfillment centers,"
"workers often logging over 10 hours a day and walking up to 15 miles"
" Conditions at a Pennsylvania warehouse drew attention to Amazon's employment practices during the summer of 2011,"
"employees regularly collapsed with heatstroke."
"installed air-conditioners in its warehouses."
"The Kiva robots cut out much of the hard "picking" work and bring items directly to workers,"
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"[Kiva] eliminates the part that was not a fun part about picking," Clark says.
""Customers ordered 426 items per second on the Monday following Thanksgiving last year,"
"the robots are "not about eliminating jobs.""
"more people have been hired to join her team since the Kiva robots were installed, because more robots mean more work."
"About 80,000 workers are expected to come on board as temporary help for the holidays this year."
" others will ask a robot to do it for them."
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