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Automated warehouses damage 85% of parcels due to vibration — companies must redesign floors to protect margins

Automated warehouses damage 85% of parcels due to vibration — companies must redesign floors to protect margins

Warehouses using robotic systems (which will handle 85% of U.S. fulfillment by 2030) are damaging packages through cumulative vibration and acceleration forces, not single drops — a physics problem that requires floor-level solutions, not just better packaging.

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