Orange Order?

Typical Logistics Sorting Floor
By pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
Derry, Northern Ireland
April 22, 2017 4:12am CST
I watched this short clip a few times, trying to work out what was happening... Then I wondered why they needed a guy in a big weatherproof jacket (who is standing in a hole!) there at all, and then I watched it again just to read the captions. If this is the way things are headed, self-checkout tills in Sainsbury's are the thin edge of a very thick wedge...
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502177)
• Italy
22 Apr 17
I was looking in awe, they are so perfect, I was expecting a crash, but nothing, of course, they do not text and drive.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502177)
• Italy
22 Apr 17
@pgntwo Only if silly men program them to demonstrate road rage.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
22 Apr 17
@LadyDuck Wait until there's a programmer robot too... Should we be worried?
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
22 Apr 17
They are very patient - I wonder if they demonstrate the equivalent of road rage ever?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174245)
• United States
29 Apr 17
I don't get it.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
29 Apr 17
Sainsbury's supermarket use predominantly orange bags - their logo is orange. All supermarkets with self service checkouts, which rarely save time, must be secretly training us to do what the guy in the hole is doing - sorting things and placing them neatly onto/into an orange receptacle... The Orange Order is a movement that traces its roots back to a Dutch Prince, William van Orinje, in the late 1600s. It's just too involved on so many different levels...
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174245)
• United States
29 Apr 17
@pgntwo I see. It's one of those things you either understand or you don't. I've run into quite a few of those type things over the years, pgn. Thank you for giving me some background on your post.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
29 Apr 17
@DaddyEvil You're welcome. Scary orange robots though, still.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
22 Apr 17
I would have enjoyed that video more if one had malfunctioned and driven into one of the holes.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
22 Apr 17
I watched closely for that too... I am sure there's one showing that on YouTube™ somewhere.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
22 Apr 17
@pgntwo Stupid robot.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
22 Apr 17
@Asylum Only as clever as the programmer, so long as that was a human (ie, for now!)
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Dr. Ann
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
26 Apr 17
Reminds me of the checkout at Aldi's Market.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
26 Apr 17
No Aldi here, but I'll take your word for it.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14784)
• Ireland
22 Apr 17
@pgntwo It's hilarious how they reverse to insert a probe up their backsides to recharge. Amazing what those little orange men get up to on the dance floor.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
22 Apr 17
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Claudia Kirkland
@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
25 Apr 17
First of all, this video is completely mesmerizing to me! I really love watching those little robots do their jobs. But when I saw how many jobs these little guys have taken over, I felt sorry for the families in need of money. I guess this is the way of the future and I love that robots can help us. But people still need jobs.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
25 Apr 17
Ah, that's why the guy is standing in a hole...
pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
26 Apr 17
@CRK109 Can you imagine using a couple of those bots as roller-skates?
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Claudia Kirkland
@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
26 Apr 17
@pgntwo maybe a few more guys will sneak in when the robots aren't looking! lol
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Elizabeth
@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
22 Apr 17
Oh, they are TOO cute! I want one!
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
22 Apr 17
Ah, but cute does not always mean cuddly - you might appreciate this short clip from the animated film, Big Hero 6:
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Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
22 Apr 17
I'm not sure if this is disturbing or entertaining. Someone still needs to make sure the code us accurate.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
22 Apr 17
A glitch in the code, mayhem would ensue, I suspect. The robots are heavy, some of the early ones that can lift up to a tonne, used in Amazon's Kiva warehouses, weighed in at 320lb!