Amazon patents wristbands to track and guide warehouse workers' movements
Amazon received patents for a wristband designed to track warehouse employees' hand positions and use vibrations to guide them toward correct inventory bins. The technology, if implemented, could also enable workplace surveillance, alerting management to staff who are wasting time or taking long breaks. Amazon stated that the speculation is misguided and that the idea would improve the process for fulfillment associates by freeing their hands and eyes. Social media users compared the technology to devices from 'Black Mirror'.
- Date it happened
- 2018-02-02
- Organisation involved
- Amazon
- Product, system or model
- Wristband with haptic feedback system
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