{"id":2334,"date":"2016-03-26T18:33:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T01:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softwaredaily.wpengine.com\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2021-11-04T02:41:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T09:41:57","slug":"warehouse-robots-akash-gupta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/2016\/03\/26\/warehouse-robots-akash-gupta\/","title":{"rendered":"Robots in the Warehouse with Akash Gupta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"2336\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/2016\/03\/26\/warehouse-robots-akash-gupta\/akash-gupta\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/akash-gupta.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"175,175\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"akash-gupta\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/akash-gupta.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/akash-gupta.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2336\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwaredaily.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/akash-gupta.jpg?resize=175%2C175\" alt=\"akash-gupta\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/akash-gupta.jpg?w=175&amp;ssl=1 175w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/akash-gupta.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/akash-gupta.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>\u201cOur major teams are lead by two people which include one person who\u2019s very strong in their own field, and then there\u2019s a person who has a very good understanding of the cross-functional nature of product development.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>GreyOrange Robotics builds robots for warehouse automation of logistics and ecommerce companies for quicker deliveries. Today&#8217;s episode features Akash Gupta, the CTO of GreyOrange.<\/p>\n<h3>Questions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Is sorting in the real world similar at all to sorting data on a computer?<\/li>\n<li>What are the common software features across your products?<\/li>\n<li>Why did you decide to use Erlang for your communication systems?<\/li>\n<li>What was the rationale behind using Riak?<\/li>\n<li>How often do you update the software on the machines that are running?<\/li>\n<li>Your vision for GreyOrange is to be a global company \u2013 how does starting your company in India affect this trajectory?<\/li>\n<li>What is unique about engineering culture in India?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greyorange.com\/\">GreyOrange Robotics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5uHm5tu7aEQ\">Video of the robots<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erlang_(programming_language)\">Erlang<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Riak\">Riak<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOur major teams are lead by two people which include one person who\u2019s very strong in their own field, and then there\u2019s a person who has a very good understanding of the cross-functional nature of product development.\u201d GreyOrange Robotics builds robots for warehouse automation of logistics and ecommerce companies for quicker deliveries. 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