Amazon Robotics: Amazon Robotics deployed Sparrow, a robotic arm that uses computer vision and AI to detect, select, and handle individual products inside fulfillment centers before they are packaged for shipment. The latest version of Sparrow can handle over 200 million unique products of different shapes, sizes, and weights. | AI Trace
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Amazon Robotics deployed Sparrow, a robotic arm that uses computer vision and AI to detect, select, and handle individual products inside fulfillment centers before they are packaged for shipment. The latest version of Sparrow can handle over 200 million unique products of different shapes, sizes, and weights.
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Sparrow was publicly announced in November 2022 and piloted at an Amazon fulfillment center in San Marcos, Texas, before broader rollout. It uses cameras and AI to identify an item in a mixed bin and place it into the correct outbound tote—a process Amazon calls 'singulation.' According to Amazon's official blog, Sparrow takes on repetitive picking tasks alongside employees. The updated version deployed at the next-generation Shreveport, Louisiana fulfillment center (opened October 2024) can handle over 200 million unique products using advanced computer vision and AI systems.
