Slip Robotics , a startup providing automated truck-loading robots-as-a-service, has raised a $28 million Series B financing led by DCVC, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in deep ...

Truck loading and unloading is a task ripe for automation because it is strenuous and happens in all kinds of weather.

Cranston, R.I. — Yushin America Inc. developed a space-saving palletizing robot that it says solves problems related to end-of-line labor shortages at distribution sites. The PA robot series handles ...

Somewhere along the way, ProMat turned into a robotics show. It’s no surprise, of course. Logistics and automation go hand in hand these days. In the decade since Amazon absorbed Kiva, same- and ...

As FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service Inc. beef up automation to keep pace with surging e-commerce and a potential threat from Amazon.com Inc., they’ve been stumped at a crucial stage: loading and ...

As exemplified by Amazon warehouses, the transportation of goods within warehouses has become quite automated, but automation of 'unloading goods from trucks' and 'loading goods onto trucks' has ...