Barcode is one of the methods of representing data in a visually machine-readable format. Barcodes, which have been used for many years and make things go much faster in many cases, do not seem as useful for Amazon anymore.
Amazon started removing barcode app
Amazon, the world’s largest shopping platform, works with many robotic arms in its warehouses. Unfortunately, these robotic arms are not very good at reading barcodes. Aside from having barcodes on their products, placing barcodes on oddly shaped products is another problem for Amazon.
As a result, the company plans to no longer use barcode technology. Instead, Amazon wants to use a computer program that can recognize products in its warehouses by images and conveyor belts. It is believed that this program will be much faster with the help of a camera system that can monitor the products one by one.
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In this way, it is aimed that robots will be able to pick up and process products without the need to find and scan a barcode. Thus, products can be delivered to customers much faster. It takes a certain amount of time for the system called multi-modal identification to replace barcodes.
Amazon said the system is currently in use at its facilities in Barcelona, Spain and Hamburg, Germany. The company already claims that this program speeds things up. Amazon is also expected to use this technology more widely in the future.
Amazon stated that the algorithm they used achieved a success between 75 and 80 percent in the first place, while the program has already achieved a 99 percent accuracy rate. The company states that the application they have just started to use works successfully, except in very detailed situations.
The company’s artificial intelligence team believes that the system will become more successful as more data is loaded. On the other hand, it is a fact that barcode technology, which has been used for many years, is now approaching the end of its life. So what do you think about Amazon’s shopping and new technology? You can share your views with us in the comments section.