Online supermarket unveils robot to lend a hand at warehouses

Posted on 12 Jan 2018 by Jonny Williamson

The online supermarket Ocado plans to wheel out Star Wars-style C-3PO humanoid robots known as SecondHands to pass spanners and move ladders for technicians.

Follow @TheManufacturer The online supermarket plans to wheel out Star Wars-style C-3PO humanoid robots – image courtesy of Ocado. The ‘SecondHands’ robot will pass spanners and move ladders to workers using artificial intelligence and speech recognition. Ocado has already built a prototype, marking the latest move from the online grocery specialist…

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