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DHL To Invest $300 Million To Quadruple Robots In Warehouses In 2019 (venturebeat.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the robot-takeover dept.

A logistics division of DHL announced today that it will invest $300 million to modernize 60 percent of its warehouses in North America with more IoT sensors and robots. Robotic process automation and software made to reduce workflow interruptions will also play a role. VentureBeat reports: Such technology is already in operation in 85 DHL facilities, or roughly 20 percent of warehouses across North America. Funding announced today will bring emerging technology to 350 of DHL Supply Chain's 430 operating sites. The company has more than 35,000 employees in North America. Conversations are ongoing with more than 25 robotics and process automation industry leaders, DHL Supply Chain president of retail Jim Gehr said. DHL Supply Chain warehouse robots will work primarily with unit-picking operations and will be able to complete a range of tasks, from collaborative piece picking to shuttling items across a factory to following human packers.

23 comments

  1. Re: BeauHD is a Flaming Homosexual. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What are they shipping out of there? For profit stuff or is this supposed to be part of their foundation?

  2. At least a Quadruple Trumps will be locked up soon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Federal Correctional Facility ADX Florence

  3. one minor soon-to-be-made correction..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "The company had more than 35,000 employees in North America."

    1. Re:one minor soon-to-be-made correction..... by gweihir · · Score: 1

      Indeed.

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    2. Re: one minor soon-to-be-made correction..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Based on the money I would say the robots will do the work of 5000 to 10000 employyes at least. Not nesessarily the amount of fired people.

  4. Additional functionality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Given the sophistication of modern mechanization and the advent of machine-learning, when will robots be able to take care of my dingleberries?

    1. Re:Additional functionality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Never. robots are to serve only the top 1% of rich assholes.

      Everyone else - fuck you and pay per mile/minute.

    2. Re:Additional functionality by couchslug · · Score: 1

      They already can.
      You just need a bidet, actuators and a programmable controller.

      You suck as a troll. Go back to 4chan and lurk moar.

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  5. Re:BeauHD is a Flaming Homosexual. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    C'mon

  6. When will robots make other robots? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Solar powered sustainable manufacture where robots clean and support robotic assembly line to make robots.

  7. Yeah, DHL is the company I'm trying to avoid most by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Last time I shipped a package from US to EU using DHL it was delayed at customs for 10 days and I had to prepare a file with 5+ pages of documentation to get it, and pay DHL and extra $30 for their 'services in helping me recover my package faster'. Otherwise I could have used the regular procedure that involves even more days of waiting. I just try to avoid DHL like the plague. Can't even begin to understand why they are pretending to do shipping in my country.

  8. DHL is the RC Cola of shipping companies by AlexanKulbashian · · Score: 1

    DHL took over 100% of Germany's postal services and ran it into the ground. Local packages take two weeks, International packages take up to a month to deliver once they reach the border and require you to visit a warehouse in the middle of nowhere to pick up your delivery. They are an overpriced, inconvenient and a severely debilitated service. Great that they are joining the robot revolution, but their shortcomings are is entirely in their logistics and quality of service.

    1. Re:DHL is the RC Cola of shipping companies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      so.. dhl is the underrated, super awesome, alternative to boring and mainstream parcel delivery services. gotcha.

    2. Re:DHL is the RC Cola of shipping companies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      DHL took over 100% of Germany's postal services and ran it into the ground.

      It is the other way round: Deutsche Post AG acquired DHL between 1998 and 2002 and ran it into the ground. (I worked in DHL IT during that period and saw it happening from the front row.)

    3. Re:DHL is the RC Cola of shipping companies by tlhIngan · · Score: 1

      DHL took over 100% of Germany's postal services and ran it into the ground. Local packages take two weeks, International packages take up to a month to deliver once they reach the border and require you to visit a warehouse in the middle of nowhere to pick up your delivery. They are an overpriced, inconvenient and a severely debilitated service. Great that they are joining the robot revolution, but their shortcomings are is entirely in their logistics and quality of service.

      DHL is a subsidiary of Germany's postal system. Guess what the "D" stands for...?

  9. Re:Yeah, DHL is the company I'm trying to avoid mo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Your country sound like a shit hole and you sound like a piece of shit

  10. They need better delivery drivers by reboot246 · · Score: 1

    It would be nice if they hired delivery drivers who could read. The few times I've had packages being delivered by DHL, they've always delivered to the wrong address. Even USPS gets it right more often than that.

  11. No Useful Info... by aaarrrgggh · · Score: 1

    The article mentions one vendor... but all this is really just an RFP...

  12. In other countries? by RogueWarrior65 · · Score: 1

    DHL service sucks moose balls here in the US. Elsewhere in the world, however, DHL is fine.

  13. DHL first. Amazon next by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Soon Humans will be replaced in these companies by Robots.
    This is just the tip of the iceberg folks.
    If your job does not get 'robotised' then it will be offshored.
    That is the future people.
    You asked for it now you are getting it.

    1. Re:DHL first. Amazon next by mikael · · Score: 1

      Our jobs have already been robotized many times. Email replaced printing out documents and dropping them into someone else IN tray. Compilers replaced hand-coding assembly. Washing machines replaced hand-washing.

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  14. Quadruple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    There are FOUR robots!