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New Moonwalkers designed to get workers around a warehouse faster (newatlas.com)
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[–] 15 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years 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...

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    • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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    • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

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

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    [–] 5 points 2 years ago

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

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    [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    Moonwalkers

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

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    [–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wow, someone found a semipractical use for these!

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    • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Walk faster, human robot

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    [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    A solution in search of a problem...

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