Gap has deployed the mobile robots from Boston Dynamics to save humans from the tough jobs in its distribution center like unloading.

MIT-birthed startup Pickle publicly showcased its container unloading robot for the first time this morning at ProMat.

The next task, which all three companies are now engaged in, is to run the unloading process in reverse by using robots to load lorries in the first place.

Fulfillment has arguably been the hottest robotics category over the past two years, as companies have looked to stay competitive with Amazon, even amid ongoing labor shortages. Truck unloading ...

Home furnishings company Four Hands uses Slip Robotics’ SlipBots to drive a 4x increase in throughput, a 75% reduction in trailer unload time and a 50% reduction in loading time. Slip Robotics SlipBot ...

Pickle Robot’s Series B funding from firms including Toyota Ventures is a sign of growing automation in the shipping and logistics sector.

Robot vendor Boston Dynamics may be best known for the viral videos of its two-legged “Atlas” model or its four-legged “Spot” unit, but the company has now unveiled a wheeled design intended to cruise ...

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.

Valeo Increases Truck Loading/Unloading Speed 6x with Slip Robotics Slip Robotics SlipBot autonomous loading robots increase truck loading & unloading speeds at Valeo warehouse in Seymour, Indiana.

Unlike fixed robots typically found in warehouses, it can move with relative freedom. As such, it can be integrated into more warehouses for the purpose of loading, moving or unloading boxes.

The last stronghold of human labor in warehouses – the grueling job of loading and unloading trucks – is rapidly giving way to a new generation of intelligent robots.

The PA robot series handles simple to complex unloading, loading and stacking applications. The series includes two models.