The robots themselves, called LoadRunners, look like Roomba vacuums with added hardware so they can carry packages. Depending on the size and weight of the package, these bots move at speeds of up to 22 miles per hour. That speed is crucial for their drop-off method, in which they slam into a shock-absorbing bumper at the drop-off point and the inertia of the package propels it off the bot. Whoever packages the items just has to make sure they give them as much padding as humanly possible.
The LoadRunners are programmed to use swarm behaviors to avoid hitting each other and anything else other than their intended target. This means that, rather than having to position cameras and sensors all around the room and then communicate that data to the robots, the bots have onboard cameras and sensors that allow them to constantly track the robots and objects around them. They are programmed to make their own decisions about how to avoid each other based on that data. This kind of technology makes them easy to implement in any warehouse, no matter how advanced it already is.
