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Home / News / Science News / Amazon is using AI to help employees maintain social distance
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    Amazon is using AI to help employees maintain social distance

    Shubham Sharma
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    Shubham Sharma
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    Last updated on Jun 16, 2020, 06:05 pm
    Amazon is using AI to help employees maintain social distance
  • Ever since the coronavirus crisis began, Amazon has been facing criticism over its disappointing efforts to protect employees, particularly those working in the warehouse.

    Now, in a bid to allay some of those concerns, the Jeff Bezos-led e-commerce behemoth is deploying a technology that uses AI to help workers maintain social distance and operate safely under the new 'normal'.

    Here's all about it.

  • In this article
    'Distance Assistant' gives visual cues to encourage distancing Employees who break the protocol are circled in red How the whole system works? Some fulfillment centers are already using this technology Amazon has been facing flak over employee safety Nothing is more important than the health of employees: Porter
  • Tool

    'Distance Assistant' gives visual cues to encourage distancing

    'Distance Assistant' gives visual cues to encourage distancing
  • Dubbed 'Distance Assistant', the novel technology uses machine learning and augmented reality to give workers visual nudges, or reminder of sorts, to stay at least six feet away from each other - the WHO-recommended limit.

    It tracks the movement of the employees using a camera and displays live visual cues highlighting whether they are following the required distancing protocol or not.

  • Effect

    Employees who break the protocol are circled in red

  • The visual cues appear in such a way that the employees who break the protocol and come within six feet of each other are circled in red rings, while those staying away are highlighted in green.

    These rings move and change colors according to the movement of the workers and continuously appear on a 50-inch screen hooked to the laptop and the camera tracker.

  • Working

    How the whole system works?

    How the whole system works?
  • Brad Porter, Amazon's VP and robotics head, says the AR-backed system works by using machine learning models in conjunction with depth sensors.

    The ML models distinguish people from their surroundings, while the depth sensors calculate the distance between them; the data is analyzed by the Distance Assistant in real-time to display the live footage highlighting the employees in red and green.

  • Deployment

    Some fulfillment centers are already using this technology

  • Porter says the tracking system is already being used in a few high-traffic fulfillment centers of the company and will soon be expanded further, with hundreds of units being installed across facilities.

    He also noted that the company plans to make this technology freely available to other businesses, but as of now, we do not have any details on that.

  • Problem

    Amazon has been facing flak over employee safety

    Amazon has been facing flak over employee safety
  • The new system comes as Amazon's safety response to COVID-19 remains a point of concern.

    Over the last few months, many of its employees have raised alarms over unsafe working conditions, bringing the company's approach under the scanner of various lawmakers.

    Meanwhile, the company has defended itself, detailing the measures it has taken, including its own testing and adjusted warehouse processes, in various reports.

  • Quote

    Nothing is more important than the health of employees: Porter

  • "This solution is just one of many ideas that have surfaced," Porter said, adding that "it will not be the last. Nothing is more important than the health and well-being of our employees and we'll continue to innovate to keep them as safe as possible."

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