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 ...

Trial at Haneda aims to ease labour shortages and test robots in baggage handling and cleaning roles over two years ...

Major Japanese airport deploys humanoid robots as baggage handlers - Carrier says humanoid machines will begin trial cargo ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chinese-made humanoids are being deployed at Tokyo's Haneda Airport as Japan's aviation industry struggles with a shrinking ...

The big picture: As the warehouse floor becomes increasingly automated, robots now handle the most punishing aspects of logistics, while people focus on oversight, problem-solving, and continuous ...

There have been a few amusing videos making the LinkedIn rounds this week, illustrating what might become commonplace in the ...

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 ...