Loading docks are finally seeing the same automation treatment that so many components of warehouses have been receiving.
The change is not theoretical, as in 2025 and 2026, large operators started buying and deploying robots specifically for the hardest dock-adjacent job: unloading trailers.
UPS, for example, committed to buying 400 truck-unloading robots from Pickle Robot Co. as part of its broader automation program. [Read more…] about From Manual to Fully Automated: The Evolution of Loading Dock Workflows