Honeywell have developed a robotic device that scans and picks up any size box and puts it on its own conveyor belt. Once perfected, they expect it to unpack at a rate of 1500 boxes per hour, against the human rate of 600/1200…and without the backchat too.
How different for us container lads to be told precisely how long tip will take, and how much easier to plan a days work. May be a while until Saheed and daughters on Cheetham Hill Rd get one, but we can dream.
It also may stop that infuriating thing of leaving about 30 boxes on and going for an hours lunch, rather than just finish the job.
“Epic handball job”. . . on the boxes. Tell that to the lads doing furniture removals.
Funny , but do quite a few house removals with containers, and can’t ever recall being longer than 3hrs.
Sooner that than 4/5000 boxes in a container, and 6hrs on a bay. Record is 12hrs.
Worst and totally pointless handball job I ever done was hand balling 20 tonnes of tatties OFF pallets in Scotland, and then later on handballing the same tatties at the destination back ON to other pallets. 
I even asked to buy the pallets (owner driver in those days) off the guy in Scotland but he wouldn’t.
It was the 80s and I was much fitter (and keener) in those days.
Would I do the same today?
Would I ■■■■ . 
That’s how it was for me too. Exactly the same. Fit as a butchers dog.
Yes and the robot only costs £750,000! Cant see it appealing to Mr Javsingah when he can just tell the driver “get it done”.
robroy:
Worst and totally pointless handball job I ever done was hand balling 20 tonnes of tatties OFF pallets in Scotland, and then later on handballing the same tatties at the destination back ON to other pallets.
I even asked to buy the pallets (owner driver in those days) off the guy in Scotland but he wouldn’t.
It was the 80s and I was much fitter (and keener) in those days.
Would I do the same today?
Would I [zb] .
Not forgetting double sheeting with a load of straw in between the sheets to keep the frost out.
Most of the farms were north of Perth just off the A9 and none of them easy to get to.
Xerox contract subbing for Rhys Davies where you had to put all the paper away where the customer wanted, few pallets of that would get your sweat on.
Is that the actual machine Santa? If so, for a prototype, it looks ready to go.
The streets doubleparked - now what?