What is Robotic Tech Vest? Robotic Tech Vest Review

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The robotics vest, which looks more like a pair of suspenders attached to an electronics belt, is designed to protect workers when they need to enter a space to repair a robotic system or retrieve a dropped item.

The vest has built-in sensors that allow Amazon's robots to detect obstacles (in this case, humans) and navigate around them.

User Group

At least 25 different Amazon regions have begun using RTV.

Origin of the rise

In November 2013, an informal employee was crushed to death by a forklift at an Amazon warehouse in Reno, Nevada, USA.

In December 2013, Amazon revealed that a worker had died in an accident at Amazon's third-party sorting center in New York City.

Around 2013, the National COSH found seven workers had died in Amazon warehouses.

In December 2017, two dozen Amazon warehouse employees in New Jersey were hospitalized after a robot punctured a can of bear repellent, with one employee in critical condition.

In April 2018, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health released a report claiming that Amazon was one of the most dangerous places to work in the country.

References

• 1. THIS WASN'T EVEN AMAZON'S FIRST BEAR REPELLENT ACC: wired [cited on 2018-06-12]
• 2. Another casualty accident occurred in the US Amazon warehouse: a worker was crushed to death by equipment: NetEase [cited on 2013-12-18]