Humans have long struggled with one of logistics’ most punishing jobs: unloading scorching trailers packed with heavy boxes. The work is exhausting, repetitive, and injury-prone. Now, robots are ...

Among the many tough jobs in a distribution center, unloading boxes from a trailer is one of the toughest. “There’s a higher risk of injury than in other parts of the DC, and unloading was a job that ...

Boston Dynamics has revealed its latest robot, Stretch, designed for far less glamorous purposes than its other creations. Where Spot and Atlas grabbed headlines with backflips and dancing, Stretch is ...

UPS is showing no signs of slowing down its automation push. The logistics giant is investing $120 million in 400 robots used to unload trucks, according to a Bloomberg report Tuesday. The company ...

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