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From Kiva’s Robots Bring New Meaning to Movable Shelves:

Kiva mobile shelving system
Kiva mobile shelving system

In Kiva’s fulfillment system, a robot drive unit (orange) scoots underneath a shelving unit, picks it up, and carries it to the place it’s needed—for example, a station where a human operator is collecting products into a box ready for shipment.

    

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