Multi-Robot Systems for Warehouse Management

From Sciam:

Kiva's robots resemble ground-hugging iRobot Roombas more than the humanoid robot Sonny from the 2004 movie I, Robot. Kiva robots and Roombas, however, are the reality of artificially intelligent robotics. They may not be able to run, jump or speak, but they can efficiently move shelves laden with heavy inventory and clean up messes. And with customers like Staples and Walgreens populating their distribution centers with Kiva's creations, "we're finally seeing massive, multirobot systems at the commercial level," [Peter] Wurman says. "As the scale becomes bigger, the decision-making skills become more important."

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