Posted March 3rd 2008 9:46AM

Netflix is the largest online DVD rental service in the USA, offering flat rate rental-by-mail to customers. Their DVDs get sorted and packed by robots.

Compared to humans, the robots are faster and more efficient, at a lower cost. They're almost four times as fast and efficient as people, but replacing human labour completely in this process is still too expensive.

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