Robert Playter
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1,075 appearances
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first heard Apr 2023
last heard Apr 2023
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But it just wasn't efficient enough.
So he let it go.
But I think we'll come back to that machine eventually.
Basically, we made a hard decision, and this was really kind of a hard-nosed business decision.
It indicated us not doing it just for the beauty of the mathematics or the curiosity, but no, we actually need to build a business that can make money in the long run.
And so we ended up building stretch, which has a big heavy base with a giant battery in the base of it that allows it to run for two, two shifts, 16 hours worth of operation.
And that big battery is sort of helps it stay balanced, right?
So you can move a 50 pound box around with its arm and not tip over.
It's omnidirectional.
It can move in any direction.
So it has a nice suspension built into it so it can deal with gaps or things on the floor and roll over it.
But it's not a balancing robot.
It's a mobile robot arm that can work to carry or pick or place a box up to 50 pounds anywhere in the warehouse.
Yeah, palletize, depalletize.
We're starting with unloading trucks because there's so many trucks and containers where goods are shipped, and it's a brutal job.
In the summer, it can be 120 degrees inside that container.
People don't want to do that job.
And it's backbreaking labor, right?
Again, these can be up to 50-pound boxes.
And so we feel like this is a productivity enhancer,
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