Society of Robots - Robot Forum

General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: Admin on July 17, 2008, 05:13:20 PM

Title: How Kiva’s Robotic Warehouse Works
Post by: Admin on July 17, 2008, 05:13:20 PM
Most companies that make robots fail - the products are always too expensive, and the customer base is always too small.

Rare exceptions are iRobot, and Kiva.

This article talks about the Kiva company which I thought was a good read. This company is making *a lot* of money from its robots:
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jul08/6380

slideshow:
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jul08/6382

a nice video:
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/video?id=461