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Re:Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgica... by datingscientist on Thursday April 02, 2020 @11:50AM (#22760317)
I thought a fair amount of the contact work was done by robots, at least for the inner packaged items.

The virus apparently doesn't do great on cardboard; you've got a day or so of transit time for it to wear down...

Re:Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgica... by SloopJon on Thursday April 02, 2020 @12:11PM (#22760551)
Amazon has sponsored a picking challenge for a few years now, but I'm not aware of this level of automation being deployed in production. The last I saw, a Kiva robot would bring a shelf of items to a human picker, who transferred an item from a bin to a box.
Re:Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgica... by reaperducer on Thursday April 02, 2020 @12:15PM (#22760589)
The virus apparently doesn't do great on cardboard; you've got a day or so of transit time for it to wear down...

Assuming the guy who brought the package to your door isn't infected.