GPU-Powered Robot Wins Amazon Warehouse Challenge

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Powerhouse teams from the U.S., Germany, Japan and elsewhere flew in to train, compete and prove themselves the best the world. They’re not competing in the quadrennial games in Rio de Janeiro, but the Amazon Picking Challenge, held this year at Robocup 2016 in Leipzig, Germany. Now in its second year, the event challenges autonomous robots to figure out how to pick and stow objects.

The competition marked a bellwether moment for GPU-powered deep learning in warehouse and factory automation, as it played an essential role in five of the 10 top ranking teams, including the top two finishers. Deep learning “neural nets played a big part in many teams’ approaches to object recognition this year, a significant change from last year,” said Joey Durham, manager of Research and Advanced Development at Amazon Robotics.
 
After 2 minutes, it had picked up 3 things from the bins. I'm going to assume this will be for non-Prime members :)
 
Wait.. where is the carnage.. the mayhem.. the robot fighting time?? OHHH.. was hoping this was an episode of Battlebots!!

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First they came for the car assembler, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a car assembler.

Then they came for the fast food worker, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a fast food worker.

Then they came for the Amazon packers, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not an Amazon packer.

Then they came for me, the designer of the robot work force — and there was no one left to speak for me.
 
OK, so I work in an Amazon FC, fullfillment center. Based on the size of the bins that is what we call a trans-ship or hot aechive. Stowers have to stow at a bencmark rate of 345 items per hour and pickers must pick at a minimum of 128 units per hour. Sorry but Robbie here is a big fail.
 
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