A team of cute robots have become the hardest workers at one of China’s largest courier firms.
A team of cute robots have become the hardest warehouse worker at one of China’s largest courier firms.
The army of little orange Hikvision robots in the sorting centre in STO Express’ delivery warehouse worker in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Photo:SCMP
A viral video showing an army of little orange robots sorting out packages in a warehouse worker in eastern China is the latest example of how machines are increasingly taking over menial factory work on the mainland.
The behind-the-scenes footage of the self-charging robot army in a sorting centre of Chinese delivery powerhouse Shentong (STO) Express was shared on People’s Daily’s social media accounts on Sunday.
The video showed dozens of round orange Hikvision robots – each the size of a seat cushion – swivelling across the floor of the large warehouse workers in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
Small but strong: Officially known as the HIKVISION intelligent sorting robot, the machine can carry up to 11 pounds and travel at a maximum speed of 9.8 feet (three metres) per second Photo:Dailymail
The orange machines, each 7.5 inches (19cm) tall, took their posts at STO Express last November.
Measuring 18 inches (46cm) long, 15 inches (38cm) wide and 7.5 inches (19cm) tall, one ‘Little Orange’ worker weighs 26 pounds (12kg) and can carry a parcel as heavy as 11 pounds (5kg).
It travels at a maximum speed of 9.8 feet (three metres) per second, and finds its direction with the help of QR codes and its own camera.
Star robots: They have been billed as the ‘cutest warehouse workers’ after a video of them working at courier company STO Expressed appeared online Photo:Dailymail
The machine takes an hour and a half to charge. Once it’s fully charged, it can work eight hours non-stop.
These ‘Little Orange’ robots follows a pre-set route and carries parcels from the assembly line to the corresponding departure gates for them to be sent to different parts of the world.
In STO Express’s warehouse worker in Linyi, Shandong Province, 300 ‘Little Orange’ robots work together to sort 20,000 parcels an hour.
Compared to the traditional sorting method, these self-charging robots help the company save 70 per cent of manpower in the 21,000-square-foot warehouse worker.
Source:Dailymail, SCMP
