How many robots does it take to run a grocery store? @TomScottGo
How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?  @TomScottGo
Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In Ocado's grocery warehouses, thousands of mechanical boxes move on the Hive. Are they all individual robots? Or is this one giant hive mind? β€’ Thanks to Ocado: ocadogroup.com/solutions/online-grocery (this video is not sponsored, and they had no editorial control).

Reference: Strandwitz P. (2018). Neurotransmitter modulation by the gut microbiota. Brain research, 1693(Pt B), 128–133. doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2018.03.015 -- I should probably have put a "might" in there, but that's a thorough review of research and I think the claim just about holds up!

Edited by Michelle Martin youtube.com/@OnTheCrux

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Thanks to Grant Hurst from Casual Historian for suggesting the title: youtube.com/user/grantghurst

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