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ah yes, how the kiva robot lifts a mobile shelf full of Codes and brings them to me for my inspection. I use my left hand to reach for the Code I need and place it in the tote, because my right shoulder is injured from repeating this motion.

The tote goes onto a conveyor where it is shot forwards, backwards and sideways, all around the warehouse until it reaches the compiler station. There, another worker will lint each Code with a lint roller and compile them by selecting the appropriately sized cardboard box.

Next, this executable bundle will be linked with its customer, possibly by means of a plane or 18-wheeler truck, with last-mile linking performed by a smaller vehicle suitable for urban traffic ...



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