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New Moonwalkers designed to get workers around a warehouse faster (newatlas.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Considering my previous comments about these (and the earlier thread as a whole), I'm fairly impressed they've found a use case which has the smooth, level floors needed for this to work well.

That said, given how poorly warehouse workers are treated, this application seems like it will only exacerbate demands upon workers, driving them harder and for longer hours. I'm left wondering why it's the case that warehouses cannot just rearrange their operations so that workers don't have to walk as far, thereby forestalling the need for walking enhancement altogether.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Also new potential injuries. I wonder what OSHA has to say about this? Progress is great, but I do agree that this is pushing the boundary in places when there are probably lots of other areas that could be improved for similar results. The money for this probably came out of a different bucket, to use the business lingo, and I've always hated that accounting excuse...seeing expensive toys being bought for one purpose while workers deal with old and broken crap because their "bucket" budget was strained. From a Fortune 400 company...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Brand new warehouses are probably good for this. What about the warehouse that has been around for 50+ years with cracks and settled concrete everywhere. It's like Google Glass: an innovation with no real world problem to solve.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Put in those human conveyor belts like they have at airports.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Gonna repress my initial cynicism and legitimately ask what this solves that the scooters already present in many warehouses don't?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This ups the silly quotient exponentially! Just imagine all the workers moonwalking all over the place.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A far better answer than I was expecting

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

And they're powered by strap-ons!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Drew Gooden did a pretty entertaining review of the moonwalkers: https://youtu.be/_9Z05Ik5r2U

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wow, someone found a semipractical use for these!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Each one will be conveniently engraved with the number of a local workers' compensation lawyer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Nah, they'll have a number for corporate arbitration with a warning that tries to scare people away from litigation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Moonwalkers

Moonwalking is a Micheal Jackson dance move. These are roller skates.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

So... Fisher-Price skates, but more expensive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Walk faster, human robot

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

A solution in search of a problem...