| Soon in the future a truck driver will be instructed as | | | | It really shouldn't because this is the direction that |
| to what loading bay to back up to at a robotic | | | | the engineers and researchers are working towards |
| warehouse. Once he is docked the door will | | | | and you can expect all this within 10 years. |
| automatically open and robotic forklifts will open the | | | | Additionally in 10 to 15 years after that the trucks will |
| Truck Trailer Door and load the truck. Each piece of | | | | all drive themselves and the entire logistical supply |
| cargo or palette will be weighed and added to the | | | | chain will run robotically and autonomously. Even with |
| total. Each piece of cargo will be recorded as having | | | | the labor unions and regulations, which might hold up |
| left the warehouse by reading the RFID Tags on the | | | | these advancements in technology surely this will |
| containers. | | | | come to pass within 30 to 40 years either way, as it |
| All this information will be uploaded in real-time during | | | | is inevitable and Resistance is Futile. |
| the process in case it is interrupted. Although all the | | | | In fact artificially intelligent CEOs will run companies |
| robotic systems will have power back-ups to | | | | and the corporation's digital nervous system will |
| complete their current task much like some surge | | | | predict its needs and plan in advance 20 chess |
| protectors store energy just in case. | | | | moves ahead to prevent scarcity of products and |
| The robotic loaders will then lower the door on the | | | | this is more than just-in-time logistics on steroids, as |
| trailer or truck and lock it with an RFID Tagged | | | | the system will be self healing, re-routing and |
| plastic fastener and a digital picture will be taken and | | | | hyper-sensitive to anomalies which might jeopardize |
| stored in case there's a problem or the seal is broken | | | | its mission to serve mankind's societies, civilizations |
| in route. The door to the warehouse will then be | | | | and shareholder's of the corporation it works for. |
| closed and the truck driver will be signaled that he | | | | This does not mean there will not be challenges such |
| can depart and deliver his load. | | | | as "Murphy's Law" just that its goal is to be efficient. |
| Does all this sound to science fiction for you? | | | | |