Amazon using social distancing software to warn employees who stray too close to each other

Amazon is using software to warn warehouse workers about coming too close to their colleagues as the company tries to slow the spread of coronavirus in its facilities. The technology, which the company said was inspired by speed check signs on roads, circles employees who move too close to others in red, while those keeping a six-foot distance are circled in green. Cameras film the scene, machine learning picks out the employees from the background and depth sensors measure the distance between