Amazon using robots at distribution center www3.nhk.or.jp
Leading Internet retailer Amazon has started operating Japan's first distribution center equipped with robots.
Amazon built the distribution center in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, to improve its delivery system in the metropolitan area. The center covers about 40,000 square meters.
Several hundred robots move shelves, where goods are stored, to workers who sort them for delivery.
The workers no longer need to walk to the shelves, so the robots are believed to greatly improve work efficiency.
Amazon Japan CEO Jeff Hayashida says the robots will help the Internet retailer expand and speed up its services.
Published Date:2016-12-07