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Briefing
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- Electric Vests – Amazon designed Robotic Tech Vest, resembling suspenders attached to electronic utility belt, built with sensors to alert Amazon robots when and where humans are working
- Avoiding Collisions – Previously, workers marked out where humans will be working in cell grids to enable robots to plan routes to avoid collisions, whereas Amazon's vest signals to robots so they can update their routes and steer clear
- Upholding Safety – Amazon prioritizing human and robot interaction safety, ever since bear-repellent incident involving one robot injured 24 workers in December 2018
- Successful Tests – Tests considered huge success after more than one million unique activations recorded
- Deployment – Wearable deployed in over 25 Amazon sites in 2018
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Accelerator
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Sector
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Wholesale and Retail Trade
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Function
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Operations, Manufacturing and Production
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Organization
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Amazon.com Inc.
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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January 18, 2019
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