Technology Supports the Supply Chain Workforce (.PDF Download)

Walking up and down the aisles of the Promat 2023 exhibition hall in Chicago last week , it was clear that we’re at a point where people are comfortable with the idea of robotics augmenting the human workforce. Vendors were displaying everything from autonomous picking robots for the warehouse, exoskeleton suits used to reduce wear-and-tear on the human body and humanoid robots that can work 24/7/365 without needing a lunch break or a day off (with the exception of any maintenance and repair time).