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 ...

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 ...

United Parcel Service is making a high-stakes bet that robots can fix one of the messiest, most labor intensive parts of modern logistics: pulling thousands of packages out of packed trailers at the ...

Pickle Robot Company, a supplier of AI-enabled robotic automation systems that unload trucks, announced it has live pilot implementations unloading tens-of-thousands of packages per month at customer ...

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 ...

United Parcel Service Inc. will invest $120 million in 400 robots used to unload trucks, according to people familiar with the matter, revealing new details on the logistics giant’s $9 billion ...

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 ...

A single robot can unload a typical truck in about two hours. The robots typically pay for themselves in approximately 18 months through the resulting labor savings, according to the people, making ...

United Parcel Service (UPS) says it is investing $120 million to purchase 400 robots that will unload its delivery trucks as part of a broader $9 billion automation initiative. Management at UPS says ...