A British onlinesupermarkt is robots bets to technical defects to repair in his warehouse. The SecondHands need help with the material, tackle, cleaning and other chores. The robot must operate autonomously and works via voice commands.
The SecondHands is primarily intended as assistance for the current employees of the warehouse and must be simple commands can run, and for example, things able to hold, writes Wired. The first version of the humanoid robot has wheels, but later there might be versions that propel themselves in a way that is more similar to the walk.
The robots get a 3d view of depth and color, while SecondHands using artificial intelligence to learn from the environment. The first test should be about a year and a half, and the final version should be from 2020 to be operational. The supermarket is working with four European universities and will receive funding from the EU, as part of the Horizon2020 program.
Ocado is not the only company that is working with robots that human work should be replaced. The Japanese provider Softbank is a human robot sell that customers in shops can.
