短新闻泛读 | Day 8：我猜，JD也能做到这automation水平
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Amazon Shows Off Its Latest Warehouse Automation: Fully Autonomous Robots, High-Tech Scanners and More
Show off means to display things proudly and eager to attract attention. Usually, this phrase has a negative connotation particularly in Chinese culture and cognition. But in Amazon's re:MARS event, show off is not about bragging or boasting. On contrary, it is a terrific opportunity to demonstrate those cutting-edge technologies to the world. Amazons re:MARS is a global event for machine learning, automation, robotics and space held this month.
show off炫耀
--display things proudly
-brag、boast
scanner:扫描仪
warehouse automation:货舱自动化
fully autonomous全自动的
semi-autonomous半自动的
Amazon will show off four new pieces of robotics technology, including fully autonomous robots and high-tech scanners, at its re:MARS event in Vegas. The new technology comes ten years after Amazon's purchase of Kiva, which set up an arms race among retailers to deliver products ever faster and more efficiently with help from automation.
In addition to the autonomous robot and scanners, the technology that Amazon is showing off include a robotic work cell for movement of heavy packages and a containerized storage system. The latter is currently being beta-tested in Texas, while the others are in early-stage alpha tests.
Kiva system:
--acquired by amazon
for 775 million in 2012
set up an arms race:开启军备竞赛
retailor:零售商
work cell 工作站
containerized storage:集装箱存储
beta-test:针对用户的测试版
alpha-test:公司内部测试版
Alpha test is performed by the testers within the organization, whereas beta testing is performed by the end user.
“This is the real stuff,” Tye Brady, Amazon Robotics' chief technologist, told Forbes in advance of his speech at re:MARS." There's a big difference between doing something in a lab or something you show on YouTube and something that we will deploy in our fulfillment centers."
Fulfill 履行，达到
-fulfillment center亚马逊的运营中地
deploy:部署
-deploy software部署软件
-deploy missiles部署导弹
