TECHNOLOGY AT AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTERS Click me to start

Supplier send an item

Packaging Centre to Amazon FC
KIVA drive the shelf with item upto KIVA drive the shelf upto the item
the packaging person, known as and put it at the right place, known
PICKING as STOWING

Barcode driven floor guiding KIVA Barcode driven floor guiding KIVA

KIVA moves shelves around for faster and cheaper stowing and picking. It is about 75cm long and 60 cm wide (2.5 by 2 feet),
and fits nicely underneath a shelf that measures roughly 1x1m. It is 30cm (1 foot) high, weighs around 110kg and can lift
450kg. It has a speed of 5 km/h or comfortable walking speed.

Shelf is divided into multiple bins, to Looking to reduce time-
place the item, during stowing process, consuming bin scanning,
it is scanned to find the empty bin that Amazon Robotics built the Intent
fits the product. Detection System, a deep-
During picking process, Shelf light up learning-based computer vision
the bin that holds the required item system trained on millions of
video examples of stowing
actions
As of January 2021, the solution
saved the company nearly 50
percent on ML inferencing costs
and unlocked a 20 percent
improvement in productivity
with comparable overall savings