In The News | Video: New robots inside Boise's USPS facility help process and handle packages during holiday rush

  New robots inside Boise's USPS facility help process and handle packages during holiday rush

"...This year, the facility has four high-tech helpers lending a hand, robotic arms installed in September that are helping keep operations efficient during peak season.

"We got these four robotic arms in September," Herron said. "It's helping to really streamline the efficiency of this by allowing for more mechanical robotics to properly identify those packages and get them down the processing machine."

The robotic arms read boxes, identify them and move them into the correct position to read barcodes before packages continue down the sorting line to be dispatched to their next destination. ..."

Reference: www.ktvb.com




 

A new film shows how postal inspectors brought an employee’s killer to justice

  A new film shows how postal inspectors brought an employee’s killer to justice

"...The Postal Inspection Service has released a documentary about the agency’s investigation into the tragic death of a USPS employee in 2019.

The 28-minute film, “Ambush in Andrews,” tells the story of Irene Pressley, an Andrews, SC, rural carrier who was shot and killed while delivering mail.

The Inspection Service’s investigation showed that a drug dealer ..."

Reference: news.usps.com