Sequoia designed to accelerate fulfillment “By reimagining how we store and manage inventory at our sites, Sequoia will help us delight customers with greater speed and increased accuracy for delivery estimates, while also improving employee safety at our facilities.” “From our latest robotic arms like Sparrow and Cardinal, to our first autonomous mobile robot, Proteus, we’re excited to see the impact our technology is having in Amazon’s operations,” wrote Scott Dresser, vice president of Amazon Robotics, in a blog post. It combines mobile robots, gantry systems, robotic arms, and a new ergonomic employee workstation.
Based on a series of research and development efforts at Amazon, Sequoia integrates multiple robots to containerize inventory into totes. The new system, Sequoia, is already operating at an Amazon fulfillment center in Houston. It is also testing Agility Robotics' mobile manipulation system. Amazon today announced that it is launching a new robot to help fulfill customer orders for the upcoming holiday shopping season. The Seattle-based e-commerce company noted that it has more than 750,000 robots working with its employees to relieve them of repetitive tasks.
uses many robots in addition to those it acquired with Kiva Systems a decade ago.
