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363,637 views | Mick Mountz • TEDxBoston 2011

What happens inside those massive warehouses?

We make millions of online purchases daily, but who (or what) actually puts our items into packages? In this talk, Mick Mountz weaves a fascinating, surprisingly robot-filled tale of what happens inside a warehouse.

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We make millions of online purchases daily, but who (or what) actually puts our items into packages? In this talk, Mick Mountz weaves a fascinating, surprisingly robot-filled tale of what happens inside a warehouse.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBoston 2011, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TEDx.

About the speaker

CEO, Kiva Systems

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Mick Mountz is the founder and CEO of Kiva Systems, making high-tech products for fast, cheap and efficient inventory fulfillment. In March 2012, Kiva was acquired by Amazon.

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