Move over R2D2, the "book robot" has landed at the UMKC library
Local library using modern storage technology
UMKC Library Robot (Photo By Matt Reeb/KSHB)
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Posted: 08/17/2010
KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC) houses the modern day "library" version of a warehouse that looks kind of like the scene from "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Only instead of storing powerful biblical artifacts, UMKC is warehousing books with the help of a robot.
The "book robot," is a high-tech automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS).
About 15 other universities in the United States use a similar system.
Click on the YouTube video explaining the system.
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