Amazon introduces the Cardinal package-handling workcell
Amazon introduced Cardinal as a prototype robotic workcell for selecting, lifting, reading and placing packages into GoCarts.
Evidence notes
- Cardinal uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to select a package from a pile, lift it, read its label and place it into a GoCart.
- The prototype was being tested with packages weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Amazon said the workcell was intended to move package sorting earlier in the shipping process and expected fulfillment-center deployment in 2023.
Company overview
Amazon Robotics develops mobile robots, manipulation systems and AI orchestration for Amazon fulfillment operations. Its fleet spans goods-to-person drive units, autonomous mobile robots, robotic arms and integrated inventory-handling systems.