Check out some of the coolest robots at the new Amazon Barrhaven warehouse
It sounds a bit spooky, but once Amazon’s new Barrhaven facility is fully staffed, the warehouse’s 5,000 robots will outnumber employees by about two to one.
The imposing warehouse, located in the Citigate Business Park near Fallowfield Road and Hwy. 416, boasts more than 2.6 million square feet across four levels and is the most technologically advanced Amazon facility in Canada and one of only four such Amazon facilities across the globe. It will bring approximately 2,500 jobs to the area, but also employs the company's most cutting-edge robots designed to improve employee safety and productivity.
The building has a footprint of 450,000 square feet and is designed to handle more than 100,000 packages a day and store up to 20 million items at a time. The building was completed last year at a cost of $200 million and will serve as a key distribution hub for Amazon.
OBJ went inside for a sneak peek at just a few of the robots and automated technologies being deployed, alongside their human counterparts.
