Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「A robot army is doing training drills in a narrow warehouse in Brooklyn.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Behind loading-dock doors, chunky metal machines navigate a 23-foot-tall structure stacked with blue plastic bins, sliding up, down and across metal racks as they select bins and move them to the warehouse floor. Down below, dozens of mobile robots that resemble Roomba vacuums sweep along to move the bins to stations where human workers will finally get their hands on the goods.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The intricate dance, choreographed by software and executed with automation, powers a strategy known as microfulfillment. It is aimed at speeding up the delivery of goods to consumers in cities through operations that pack large numbers of products into tight, urban spaces. The sites are becoming a new focus for retailers adjusting to the dizzying changes in consumer markets. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The rush to online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating moves toward space-saving, automation-powered warehouses. By squeezing those operations into urban warehouses and the backs of stores, businesses hope to pare delivery times so online orders reach their destinations in hours, not days. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 📷: @dontgabalot for @wsjphotos」11月15日 4時05分