UPS will invest about $120 million to buy 400 truck-unloading robots from Pickle Robot Co., adding detail to its $9 billion automation plan aimed at cutting labor costs. The robots can unload trucks ...

The logistics industry is on the brink of a significant transformation, thanks to the adoption of robotic technology designed to streamline and enhance the process of unloading trucks. This innovation ...

The robots are coming for the last human warehouse jobs. Loading and unloading a truck is backbreaking, mind-numbing work that retailers and parcel carriers have tried to solve for years. Workers may ...

Victoria Kickham, Senior Editor, started her career as a newspaper reporter in the Boston area before moving into B2B journalism. She has covered manufacturing, distribution, and supply chain issues ...

The gifts that were heaped under millions of Christmas trees last week didn’t come off a sleigh. Virtually all of them were unloaded from a truck, by legions of tired, often-grumpy humans. And many of ...

While scaling their operations to meet growing demand, Four Hands faced the challenge of managing a diverse product mix — ranging from 2-lb. lamps to 400-lb. coffee tables — across a growing network ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and NEW YORK, Jan. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pickle Robot Company (“Pickle Robot”), a pioneer in Physical AI delivering robotic automation systems that unload trucks, and Randa ...

As UPS closes facilities to adjust to lower Amazon package volume, packages are being rerouted to its fleet of automated facilities. Automated facilities can process a package at a 28% lower cost than ...