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How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?

Tom Scott

How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?

Tom Scott tours Ocado's automated grocery warehouse, where thousands of robots move boxes on a grid called the Hive, and asks whether they are individual robots or a hive mind.

Cited in automation and robotics threads as the example of a warehouse built robot-first.

18 Hacker News mentions · 2021–2026

Topics

  • Manufacturing & industrial processes
  • Robotics
  • Business & economics (other)

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