Tackling the Toughest Jobs in the Warehouse | Boston Dynamics
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2023
- How is Stretch tackling one of the toughest jobs in the warehouse? With an advanced vision system, a smart gripper, speed, and strength, our automated case handling robot Stretch does the heavy lifting to safely unload trailers and containers.
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I used to do that job. The poor bot is not going to be happy in the long term working there.
@@sometimesleela5947until 2.0 comes in a takes its job as well 😔.
@@sometimesleela5947 Thats the fine part of less intelligent people, they'll just stay and take it
His little camera buddy has it easy
As someone who worked with bots like this to make bumpers for honda crv, we had to stop the whole line and fix a tiny thing stuck in one of the dozen robots i would feed metal beams into nonstop. You still need operators plus techs to repair them, fulltime shifts, including third shifts.. Also did it for tesla, made a shorts clip 👍
Perfectly said Lol !!!
If you worked in a shipping centre you know that trailers NEVER arrive this organized 😂😂
Better start using robots for loading the trucks as well. Playing 3d tetris is an easy task for a computer.
also things are wrapped in plastic 90% of the time.
@@Francois_Dupont he can handle plastic wraping ;)
@@oO0Xenos0OoDepends on how you define easy.
Packing problems are actually classified as "NP-hard", which pretty much means you'd need a quantum computer to figure out how to optimally pack a trailer.
The key word though, is "optimally". Humans can't do this optimally either. If we just need to do it "well enough", there are algorithms that can approximate a solution -- but I just wanted to note that these algorithms are certainly not easy to come up with (although they can be very fast to actually run)
@@antonliakhovitch8306yep, 100% correct. it's just like how chess AI works. to get a truly optimal solution quickly requires immense computational power, but if you're willing to have a slightly worse (but still excellent) solution it becomes a LOT easier compute. that means less powerful (and therefore less expensive) computers, like playing against your Hoyle Majestic Chess against your home computer in 2003.
Anyone who has ever had to do this for 8 hours in a hot warehouse is down on their knees thanking you for this innovation. Let's hope it gets implemented in a smart way.
eh ?? you want a robot to replace you?
You will be fired
Yeah! But what about those jobs? Hahaha
This "INVENTION" has been in operation since the late 70s of the last century. Ahaha.
@@Palmit_yes I would want a robot to replace me doing that work, it will be better for everyone, I'm not selfish. I can find another job without a problem.
When I was working for UPS I never saw a single truckload that looked like that. It was a much more challenging environment - The boxes weren't stacked like bricks and the boxes were also often not suitable for being picked up by one wall of cardboard. Many of them were wet, halfway ripped open, or too heavy to be supported by one wall - The suction grippers would have just ripped the box open and spilled a bunch of greasy, machined parts all over the trailer.
Because the aim is to automate what a CEO thinks peoples jobs are
@@RJBrooker Excellent point.
It assumes an ideal truck load. I agree with your statement and assuming a perfect world where a robot loads the truck like that then another unloads then maybe, but there are indeed still failure points to consider. The robots cameras will have to use AI image recognition to determine what is able to be picked up and not, due to the uncertainty. I'd see it as maybe a helper with unloaders still needed for what it isn't suited to tackle.
I wouldn't underestimate BD, because they may be able to fix issues like that given around a decade. Still, I'd much rather have more systems to assist or positively motivate workers rather than replace, which this obviously aims to do. Not right, morally or economically.
yeah i think the whole line would have to be redesigned to fit these robots in... there's probably a much easier solution if they want to fully automate, than an articulated robot that takes up an entire room
Neat demo, but need a live test of it unloading a trailer that has been transported already. One with boxes all over the place, soggy cardboard from leaking materials, torn boxes that will dump everything out if not picked up right, and food products that are wrapped in plastic and odd shapes.
This probably isn't meant for every industry. A place that ships electronics and clothed is a lot less likely to have leaking materials.
@dominuce2112 all the boxes still come damaged tho
LOL, yeah, we already know how that would go, this thing can't even drive itself into position to unload. So now instead of paying a person, you pay for an operator and a $500k robot.
@@slickman5969 and you don't think we can't recognize that and separate the box before hand?
@@googleyoutubechannel8554 you could say that about every major progress of technology lol
I can easily imagine its suction force simply tearing apart one side of box and leaving the rest of the box falling in spectacular fasion, especially if the box is wet or heavy or irregular, i.e. under most real-life scenarios
Praise the machine god
🙏machine god 🙏
Before beginning the right of activation you must light the correct incense to soothe the machine spirit.
If I had a nickel for every Mechanicus Adeptus reference i’d have 50 of them
One of us, one of us
This type of machine would only work in factories where all the boxes are very box like. I've worked in walmart backroom unloading trucks and I can tell you they need a machine that is as flexible as human hands to be able to lift packs of glass bottles, bags and boxes at the same time. They also need to be as smart as a human to only lift an item that wouldn't cause an entire column to collapse because no trailers are packed this nicely.
That's because the trucks are packed by a stupid human and not a robot. Robots don't make mistakes, they do what they are programmed to do. Humans however are lazy fucks who cares about them selfs and the paycheck.
This is definitely a problem, but it could relatively easily solved by making the packing step more robot friendly. The up front cost might be worth while.
@@iansun42Yes, exactly. Just make sure you pay, train, and supervise your damn workers more!
This is machine stole my job:) Thank you!) Now i have no job, but i could see it on my smartphone, how good he is doing my job lol)
Well done!! How good are the suction grippers though? That's one thing I wonder.. I mean I'm assuming they're probably really really good, but with more varied boxes and contents, I'd expect something to go wrong with that occasionally, as opposed to having a second finger to grab better with.. maybe lift up with suction and scoop a tray under? I can just imagine a whole face of a box ripping off and the rest of the box falling lol, and that's the real conern, isn't it? Though to settle people's minds at first it might be good to do a stress-test demo of that system and show us its point of failure.
That's industry standard. It can hold halftone car frame for example.
I am also wondering that, but for different reasons 😮
@@WwZa7 That is true however a standardisation of materials and processes within a company that uses such a robot would solve this issue. It won't work for a last mile carrier that handles anything that you can think of but it is perfect for a production facility.
When it makes contact with the box(es) it evaluates each gripper to see how usable that contact point is, and then makes an overall decision about whether or not the gripper placement is stable enough to lift.
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Since other robots will do the box it comes in ,it will be in an optimal shape for this robot.
I'd like see it do this with 25 kg boxes of dishes 😂 I remember the one day working in the giant tiger logistics chain, we got an full container packed to the ceiling with these stupid heavy boxes of dishes 😮
I worked in a warehouse aswell - the worst item was a cement foot for a parasol. I remember it weighing 60kg ish, and being packed in a cardboard box that would crumble when you tried to grap it...
Keep inventing an edge cases, meatbag. Those are like 1% of the whole volume of work. And we are proud to leave them for ya to unload.
I mean this is cool from a tech standpoint, not so much from a taking jobs away standpoint, but I don't know about anyone else, but the containers we get are never stacked that nice. They are filled with stuff that's not always in boxes, stuff that weighs 50-150 lbs, and while they may have been stacked neatly when it left, the stacks are now all skewed after the driver decided to slam on the brakes in reverse 10 times trying to slide his axles.
I bought my first house with a warehouse orderfilling job. Where is the opportunity for advancement into middle class going to come from if this is job is taken away? McDonalds? Retail stores?
@@kiowastew you'll need to learn how to operate and maintain robots. It will be the new starter job. lol
@@turbo2ltr I actually did and now instruct it at a technical college. My fear is for those just starting out or those long term workers that this will most directly take away from. If everyone learns robotics or industrial maintenance, will the pay decrease as well since the labor market is packed with applicants. Fire one hire another who will work for a dollar less kindve thing
@kiowastew that isn't a middle class job any more, the pay has not kept pace with inflation. See Amazon wages
confirming. wages for warehouse associates aren’t even enough to pay base rent in most places … walmart pays better in my state.
Film your demo video with normal to *heavy* boxes. Those almost empty cardboard shells give an unrealistic impression.
They're not empty lol
Nice that it takes selfies as it works!
Got a link to the site that they're uploaded to? 😉
They got inspired by ducklipped influencers to implement that feature.
Wow. That's so cool.
i work for an online shopping giant. stretch would be very helpful to have at our warehouses … many associates are injured by repetitive movements.
replace the workers with robot? what will the workers do? apart from strike lol
if robots take over the capitalists actually lose. think about it. id rather have robots do literally everything. makes money null.
This is a job nobody should be complaining about losing to robots.
Perfect for boxes that you can pick up by the cardboard alone. I'd assume this only is viable for either very light boxes or super sturdy boxes for heavier items.
Is 50 lbs a very light box for ya?
@@fffUUUUUU that would fall under the super sturdy boxes: being able to pick up a 50lb box on suction force alone, with a study enough box or combination of boxes to prevent the cardboard from ripping due to gravity.
How hard can it grip? Asking for a friend
Great job
Boxes appear empty
Bring on full job automation
You're fired.
@@generalspidrax9699 boss to employees: We have a zoom meeting today!
Great thanks.
Robot unloading container. Dude in background with pallet jack 😄
I'm always amazed at these videos that the boxes aren't on pallets. That would be much easier to load and unload.
Things on pallets generally get loaded into curtain-sided trailers, so you can just use a forklift to unload those. :)
You waste a lot of space in the container using pallets, and when you are shipping things from China to the US, the extra step of stacking the container is cheaper than the extra loads it takes with pallets.
@@TheRetroLabno... LOL
Pallets get used everywhere.
Pallets are originally designed for 52 for trailers... If they're loaded correctly there isn't a huge amount of wasted space.
The problem is that most people don't understand how to load them properly.
thats how trucks are loaded. fit more in the truck. would have to make a pallet and unmake a pallet, would need a forklift both ends and would use less of the trucks space. those conveyor belts a lot cheaper than the forklift and no licence required
@@nikitaw1982 a forklift can unload a trailer with pallets in 15 minutes. It'll take an hour or more for this robot to unload a trailer with no pallets. Do the math.
bro i just wish to see the boston dynamics logo come to life, a robot so elegant it can win the ice skating olympics
amazing
I love the exciting fun dance music to our inevitable replacement in the work place.
Eh, don't worry. Until it can handle wet and poorly handled boxes, we should be good.
I was really hoping it would show it taking a coffee break 😅
Perfect soundtrack :-)
If they were on pallets they could all be taken out by a forklift..
STOP SPOILING ALL THE FUN 🤣😂🤣 While Bots are unloading lorries, there not trying wipe-out mankind.
Container shipping from overseas are very often stacked without pallets due to maximizing space for the actual goods. They are unloaded onto pallets instead at the destination.
@@DiscoPornoSatan By hand?
Oh, that's cute. All the boxes are perfectly stacked. Let's see what it does when the truck arrives with all the boxes turned over.
I'm not sure you're aware of Boston Dynamics other creations, but their robots are commonly capable of navigating chaotically rugged terrain while being randomly kicked around by full grown humans. Stretch used to be a robot capable of clearing an entire flight of stares on a single leap....
a few boxes out of place I'm sure is not something that would phase the engineers at Boston Dynamics loll
you should change that suction cups to those forks of forklifts and just program the robot to track the craks between packages in insert it between them, as there are many packages that are very heavy and if not supported from the bottom will just brake the board and fall down
That's pretty neat! Two questions. What's the lift capacity & how does it manage mangled boxes?
literally in the video..
Hi, ikonseesmrno7300, glad to help you out on that one! I am one of many developers working on Stretch right now. The lift capacity is two of your moms, or 4 metric tons of weight. Mangled boxes are located and quickly destroyed by Stretch, no matter the content of the box. Have a good day!
@@Pytte mangled boxes is literally not in the video! Your internet license has been revoked pending probation! Please unplug your router now, if you cannot locate your router, then turn off power at the main breaker and contemplate the atrocities you've committed.
@@TheAsdasy Why are ya shaming yo wife online like that?
its in there .. look closely@@Tubeytime
Very nice 👍
Nice Suction ;)
Lift box, drop it. Lift box. Drop it. Reminds me of the song by supercommuter called “Robotopia.”
Super!!!
Robot has a cool selfie 😂😂
Having worked in a very big shipping hub, I can say for a fact, very few, if any trailers come in loaded like that! Even if the trailer was loaded by a robot, boxes just don’t stack like that, they are all over the place in size, weight and material. It’s a crappy job and having a robot to do it would be great but I don’t think it’d save much in manpower as you’d need someone there to do all the odd shaped and damaged stuff. A robot can’t handle a parcel and know the box is pretty thin, and the weight is all concentrated in one place, so might fail if you don’t support it from the bottom as you lift it. I think any time saved using robots, would be spent clearing up spills and damaged goods.
Is that some sort of suction cup!?
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How much do those boxes weigh?
Look empty by my estimation.
Is it also capable of loading trailers?
Im curious to see how it handles trying to pick up a box >50lbs
Is there a way to ensure the boxes in a container are lighter? Can it tell when a box is too heavy? How about if a box breaks/contents fall out?
It's a cool robot, very interested how it handles error modes
They have to bring the price down and you'll see those robots everywhere.
if the robots were everywhere doing all our jobs then money becomes void. think about it. eventually robots could do all the harvesting for food cultivation ect. robots=food on the table. a robot might be able to build a house from scratch. so many possibilites. i really hope for all of it!
I wonder how much down time there is when it needs servicing
You can make the design much simpler, more economical and more efficient.
This is an overly specialized system that will only work on soecific cargo types, and only when loaded in a specific way by specific suppliers.
Instead they should try to use the generic humanoid robot they've demonstrated so many times, since it should be more adaptable to different scenarios that a human could perform.
These boxes must be empty. It's not realistic to grab a heavy box by the top flaps, it would fall apart.
I'm no robot and even I can see those boxes are completely empty! 🤖
Wouldn't mind having one those things in welding, could prop transformers and metal brackets in different positions, so I don't have to.
Why box empty?😂😂
Already imagining the boss stressing about the 1 second delay the machine takes between each box & complaining
Carol Tome doing backflips rn
UPS and FedEx have box space under the flooring where you have to lift it up and climb down in. Good luck with that
I definitely don’t miss doing this at fedex 😂
The poor people of that warehouse was unpacking their replacements
Two shifts on one battery... Wow, thats impressively efficient.
LOL, no it's not. Most of that robot is battery. 😅
In fact they use the battery as the counterweight since they need so much of it. It's not really efficient, just well designed.
Good stuff! but the vid looks somewhat familar to a previous video released earlier this year.
Love Boston Dynamics but they are also proof of why we need UBI.
one step closer to real life factorio
Karel Capek used the term "robot" to describe an autonomous low class worker.
what is the price range of these mother unpackers?
What about not empty boxes 🤔
so what if it's not box packed, what if boxes covered in dust would it jam its suctions? what if truck's floor covered with melted snow + salt + dirt mixture, what if during transportation some boxes are disformed and not with 90 degree sides? so many what ifs...
Where's my chores robot?
Those empty boxes were definitely some heavy lifting
this machine stole my job :D
Can it handle unpackaged car/motorcycle tyres as well?
Nope! And the robot's definitely gonna chase a tire hallway across the warehouse when it falls off the track and rolls away
I work for FedEx Freight, any plans for a forklift version?
I would absolutely employ these as tools for a human to operate. As someone who has loaded and unloaded trucks by hand I know the pain that the task causes. And now as someone who is trying to build their way up to needing warehousing, I would employ these because I know that they will make people stay at the job because even if it's a little boring, it's not literally painful. In the end the employer has a really low employee turnover rate, saving the company a lot of money in the long run.
Not with the way walmary freight truck are being loaded at DC
those carton boxes are clearly empty. This robot seems usable only in a limited amount of cases, as long as the box tolerates to be lifted with suckers from the side without breaking
Unemployment gonna be something big really soon
«Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it's *because* they sat there that they were able to do it.».
@@headcrab4090 Yeah I'm sure your contribution to the world is amazing....
@@-R-. It is a qoute from the movie «Up In The Air». The line you tell people when you fire them.
employment will be a thing of the past.
also have been unloading a few trailers manually in the past xD those jobs suck, ironically that is what that robot also does lmao
Tentacles 😤
Odd those boxes weren't wrapped up or on a pallet
I Hope someday I will be an Engineering that can make something Like This.
BRO ITS THE ROBOT FROM IRON MAN
All pretty and sweet, when boxes are nicely put inside container xD.
Noted that a person still has to monitor Stretch's actions so there are important jobs created by this technology.
Can you put one in my house that does all the laundry?
nice nice nice... But can it throw my parcel out of a moving UPS truck?
How much is it? ☝😎 i need 7
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Круто!)
А если стол отправляют? Здоровенный, огромный, тяжёлый двух метровый стол?
думаю не проблема
@@user-tq8vb9sw8h ну как сказать. Одно дело маленькие коробки, совсем другое дело огромный двух метровый стол, который тяжело нести даже вдвоём.
@@Hackod_Ru ну просто будут насадка большая и присоски мощнее 🤔
@@user-tq8vb9sw8h и возможно порванный картон.
Seems like it pauses for a second or two for no apparent reason, can it work faster without pauses here and there?
Not much of a future for the mindless Bot, perhaps a management job?
Pretty cool, but can it work faster than a person can safely work? Because thats how fast people do those jobs already
but can it dance?
Hope Musk looking. Nice horns btw.
Machine god🙏
Need to get rid of "c" and "l" in tackling
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Now they are awesome for a different demographic: the professional sector
This is so cool, I can fire so many of my employees now! Thanks guys!
Up to 50lb? I don't work out and have very little experience, and I can lift at least 130lb
Yeah, ok
JOHNSOULS Stretch
finally