What are work queues?

Earlier, we saw how a process can be assigned to run on a selected resource in the control room. What if the process is working on a very long to-do list that is taking the robot a long time to clear everything? There is a way to split up the work between multiple robots using work queues.

Imagine going to your favorite coffee shop to order that morning cup of coffee. You step into the shop and see a long line of people waiting to place their order at the cashier. Thankfully, there are two cashiers open. The queue moves along twice as fast. Using the same analogy, you can add more robots to work on the same process to speed things up.

In this way, robots can work as a team. Let's see what a work queue looks like in Blue ...

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