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  • Pickle Robot raises $26 million to develop robotics for unloading trucks

    Pickle Robot raises $26 million to develop robotics for unloading trucks

    Pickle Robot, a startup developing robotic automation systems that unload trucks, says it has “live pilot implementations” which are unloading tens-of-thousands of packages per month at customer sites in the greater Los Angeles area. The company says it has also raised $26 million in series A funding led by Ranpak, JS Capital, Schusterman Family Investments,…

  • Ranpak makes ‘strategic investment’ in Pickle Robot Company

    Ranpak makes ‘strategic investment’ in Pickle Robot Company

    Ranpak, a provider of paper-based packaging solutions for e-commerce and industrial supply chains, has made a “strategic investment” in Pickle Robot Company, a developer of robotic systems for automated sorting, loading and unloading of packaged goods within logistical lines. Pickle Robot has developed a low cost, collaborative package-handling robot that automates several key tasks along…

  • MIT startup unveils robot that unloads trailer ‘blazingly fast’

    MIT startup unveils robot that unloads trailer ‘blazingly fast’

    MIT startup Pickle has unveiled a new robot that works with people to get online orders delivered sooner by unloading trailers “blazingly fast”. (See video below.) The secret, says the company, is to “keep people in the picture”. How has a team of 15 solved one of the biggest challenges in logistics automation in only…