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Fl0r1da-Woman t1_iun46io wrote
Wait until you learn about the Nobel prize
Pellepon t1_iun4fy1 wrote
The one awarded to the person who invented door knockers?
MilkshakeBoy78 t1_iuoim0m wrote
it's a meme that having a forklift certificate gets you girls.
xXchicken_zillaXx t1_iun0vz5 wrote
Damnn couldn't get anymore girls without my forklift certification 😔
[deleted] t1_iuod1hq wrote
Must be some big girls
Think_Olive_1000 t1_iuxqe78 wrote
They call him the pick up artist because he picks them up artistically
Black_RL t1_iuoezrb wrote
No job is safe! Not a single one!
We need our politicians to start seriously considering UBI.
CreamFilledLlama t1_iun8k2f wrote
Yeah..., these guys are nowhere close to the first. The person who wrote this press release was either wilfully ignorant of the industry or the company didn't do any market research. Automated forklifts have been around for a long time to various degrees in the industry. There have been quite a few startups looking to make them much better and able to work alongside humans for at least the last decade. (I've tested out some of these systems.)
Ah, and look here an actual implemented solution from 2 years ago vs something that Im sure works well in a lab: https://youtu.be/sU4Gj92tpU4
Edit: Oh, I actually visited these guys in Austin for a demo 4 years ago or so. (If not these guys then someone in Austin selling the exact same thing of retrofitting existing lifts.) Not bad technology and pretty flexible.
Scope_Dog t1_iunzmrc wrote
Cool vid. Thanks!
CreamFilledLlama t1_iuo1vki wrote
You're welcome. I did a bit of work looking into automation in warehouses back then and while we are on the cusp we aren't entirely there for everything. (Quite a few situations do ROI out now and it will only get better.) My notes on these guys was that if you are still looking to ROI out on your existing fleet of MHE in a standard warehouse space it's not a bad option. If you are planning automation from the start though there are better options.
Gari_305 OP t1_iumkrwy wrote
From the Article
>There are many, many other examples, but the point of nearly all of them is that you’ll have much better dating prospects if you’re forklift certified.
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>But I have bad news for the guys out there in that oh-so-exclusive club of certified operators who are never lonely on Friday night. A recent press release from BMW shows us that the machines want in on the action. Not only are they going to steal your lucrative forklift job at the local warehouse, but they’re probably going to steal your ladies, too.
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>BMW i Ventures has announced its lead investment in Fox Robotics, the world’s first intelligent forklift that can autonomously unload pallets from the trailer to the receiving dock. The oversubscribed funding round raised a total of $20 million from new and existing investors. New investors include Zebra Technologies, Japan Airlines & Translink Innovation Fund, and Foothill Ventures. Existing investors Menlo Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, and SignalFire also participated in the round.
FuturologyBot t1_iumq63c wrote
The following submission statement was provided by /u/Gari_305:
From the Article
>There are many, many other examples, but the point of nearly all of them is that you’ll have much better dating prospects if you’re forklift certified.
>
>But I have bad news for the guys out there in that oh-so-exclusive club of certified operators who are never lonely on Friday night. A recent press release from BMW shows us that the machines want in on the action. Not only are they going to steal your lucrative forklift job at the local warehouse, but they’re probably going to steal your ladies, too.
>
>BMW i Ventures has announced its lead investment in Fox Robotics, the world’s first intelligent forklift that can autonomously unload pallets from the trailer to the receiving dock. The oversubscribed funding round raised a total of $20 million from new and existing investors. New investors include Zebra Technologies, Japan Airlines & Translink Innovation Fund, and Foothill Ventures. Existing investors Menlo Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, and SignalFire also participated in the round.
Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/yj9n9r/bmw_its_robots_are_going_to_take_your_forklift/iumkrwy/
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Pellepon t1_iumtyky wrote
Why does this article sound like it was written by someone who never got over their girlfriend leaving them for a certified forklift operator?