Walmart Running Into Trouble as Its Super-Expensive Robots Can't Handle the Realities of Warehouse Work
futurism.com
Despite spending billions of dollars to automate its warehouses, Walmart is seriously struggling to make even the simplest of robots work.
  • LePoisson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    14 hours ago

    For reference. My role is considered “entry level” and I get 6 figures.

    Please give me a job, thank you good sir or madam.

    • RumRunningDevil@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5·
      14 hours ago

      This is actually a good time to get into the space. There’s not a ton of companies competing over a now growing market and the work is weird enough that AI hasn’t fully eaten it.

      Downside, see my other posts, the field wants to pull people who have a pretty diverse skill set. I would be prepared to discuss RAFT consensus in the same conversation as PID tuning and control theory.

      Checkout companies like Symbotic, Boston Dynamics, or robotics integrators like ABB

      • romanticremedy@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        3·
        8 hours ago

        Job sounds interesting. Several questions if u don’t mind me asking because I’m thinking to do small career change.

        • What’s the job title I should look for?
        • Do you think it’s possible to transfer from software developer? I have engineering background so I think I should be able to pick things up
        • Is ageism real in your industry? I’m in 30s so ain’t young so worried about applying to entry level positions
        • RumRunningDevil@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          8 hours ago

          Unfortunately we don’t have standardized roles in this industry.

          Jobs like these tend to touch one of a couple spaces.

          1. Controls engineering: PLC programming and traditional robotics
          2. Fleetops, application engineer, or operations engineer: I’ve seen these show up at places like Boston dynamics
          3. Technical support: look for ones that mention wanting like a EE and knowing stuff about control systems.
          4. SCADA engineer: Especially at tech startups.

          In general you’re looking for jobs that reference a mixture of networking, control systems, SCADA, DCS, PLC, IT infra, and of course robotics.

          My entire team is 30+, hard to find people with a diverse background that are also 22.