“Be As Fast…Be As Strong”

Amazon just acquired Kiva Systems robotics for $775 million to automate its warehouses. From IEEE Spectrum: “What does Kiva do that got Amazon so interested? Basically, Kiva has reinvented the centuries-old warehouse business, transforming distribution centers — which previously relied on slow-moving humans to walk around picking and packing goods — into a buzzing hive of superefficient, tireless robotic workers.”