Amazon moves one step closer toward army of warehouse robots
by Sam Thielman in New York from Technology | The Guardian on (#1KCGH)
Robotics competition prize for best warehouse-working 'picker' machine awarded to robot designed by Dutch team
Amazon's progress toward an army of helpful robots is one step closer: a prize for the best warehouse-working "picker" machine has gone to a robot designed by a team from TU Delft Robotics Institute and Delft Robotics, both based in the Netherlands.
The competition was held in conjunction with Germany's Robocup in Leipzig. Announced on Monday, the winners took home $25,000, while the university of Bonn's NimbRo won $10,000 for second place and Japanese firm PFN was awarded $5,000 for third.
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