amazon has introduced new features that seek to improve the experience both in its logistics centers, with new bipedal robots or analysis technology that anticipates breakdowns that could cause problems in driving vehicles, and in providing assistance in emergency situations.

Sequoias And Digital These are two new robotic solutions that the technology company claims will improve workplace safety and faster delivery to customers. Both were featured at the ‘Delivering the Future 2023’ event which was held in Seattle (United States).

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Sequoia is a robotic system the company launched for this year’s Christmas campaign, with the aim of helping manage orders. Identify and store inventory centrally up to 75% faster than today.

Specifically, the system stores inventory in containers: mobile robots transport inventory in containers, which reach employees at new ergonomic workstations so they no longer have to perform overhead movements or bend over.

Amazon has implemented Sequoia in one of its logistics centers in Houston (Texas). In the near future, they will also start testing their second robotic solution: Digit, a bipedal robot developed with Agility Robotics, still in the testing phase.

As the company has explained, Digit can move around the warehouse as well as pick up and manipulate objects. Due to this capability, it will initially assist employees in recycling containers, a repetitive task that requires picking up and moving empty containers.

Additionally, in terms of artificial intelligence, the new automated inspection system analyzes delivery vehicles to detect and report deficiencies, such as tire defects or defects in body elements, before they become a problem while driving.

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This technology, called AVI, scans the car in seconds, identifies problems and classifies them based on their severity. After sending this information to the computer, the pipeline’s DSP program determines what repairs and servicing need to be performed to keep the vehicle in good condition.

AVI has been launched in the United States, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom in collaboration with technology company UVeye.

Along with these new features, the company also introduced several new features new packaging machines designed to reduce the amount of packaging used in shipping products.

This machine uses lightweight paper that is 100% recyclable to wrap packages. In addition to adapting to your shape and size, on average avoid using more than 26 grams of packaging material per shipment.

The company has confirmed that these packaging machines will be installed at its centers in Europe and the United States.

QUICK ASSISTANCE IN NATURAL DISASTERS

Help centers are part of Amazon’s global logistics network and provide rapid assistance when natural disasters occur, such as fires, floods or earthquakes. They leverage their logistics expertise to stock high-priority items, such as water filters or medical supplies, ready to be shipped via truck or air.

The opening of a Disaster Relief hub in Melbourne (Australia) brings the number of disaster relief centers the company has worldwide to nine. Recently, Amazon opened another one in the Japanese city of Sagamihara (Japan).

The company has shown that since its launch in 2017, it has provided assistance in 113 disasters, including earthquakes in Turkey and Morocco, as presented at the ‘Delivering the Future 2023’ event. This year they also managed to reduce start-up times, from 15 days in 2017 to five days last year after Hurricane Fiona.

Likewise, and as part of the AWS Disaster Relief program, the company has come up with an adapted jeep that can be used to deliver electricity and connectivity to affected areas. It also facilitates three-dimensional mapping of the area without the need for a connection, with processing within the vehicle itself, to determine the current status of the area.