It moves by shooting a green beam ahead of it, and anything that’s interrupting the beam makes the robot stop – so it won’t crash into anyone or anything. Next is a robotic arm named Cardinal, which is designed to reduce the risk to employees in the warehouse. Lastly, there’s an AI-based scanning technology that can scan packages automatically, and quickly. This technology has a camera working at 120FPS speed, powered by machine learning and computer vision to quickly recognize a package while it’s passing through the line.

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