Automation in the aisles: Machines play a vital role in Amazon's Baltimore operation

摘要

After you negotiate airport-style security, and walk by the posters advertising free flu jabs, the first impressions on entering Amazon's high-tech warehouse near Baltimore are the noise and the lack of people. The din comes from miles of conveyors that carry the many thousands of packages leaving 'fulfilment centres' - as Amazon dubs its warehouses - every day.