The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies FedEx Corporation: 1 model, 4 deployments across 3 regions, 1 active incident. 1 source back the record.
CategorySidewalk delivery
Overview
FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) is a US multinational transportation, e-commerce, and business services company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1971 by Frederick W. Smith, FedEx pioneered overnight express delivery and operates the world's largest cargo airline.
The company is actively deploying robotics across its global logistics network, including Berkshire Grey's autonomous trailer unloading system (Scoop), AI-powered sorting robots at its Cologne and Singapore hubs, and robotic parcel sorting arms from Plus One Robotics at the Memphis World Hub.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 4 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
Key facts
Focus
Services
Stage
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company FedEx Corporation has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Dexterity2× joint4 total
- 2Berkshire Grey1× joint1 total
- 3Nuro1× joint7 total
- 4QuikBot Technologies1× joint2 total
Most recent
- FedEx x Dexterity2026-07-30with Dexterityoperating
- FedEx x Dexterity (Truck Loading Robots)2026-04-01with Dexterityoperating
- FedEx x Berkshire Grey2022-06-01with Berkshire Greyoperating
- FedEx x Nuro2021-08-01with Nurooperating
FedEx Corporation on the deployment map
View the global map4 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Jan 2021. Explore where FedEx Corporation's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalBerkshire Grey System at Memphis, Tennessee, USA →Southeast · verified Jan 2021
- endedRoxo SameDay Bot at Manchester, New Hampshire, USA →Northeast · verified Jul 2020
- endedRoxo SameDay Bot at Frisco, Texas, USA →North America · verified Aug 2019
- operationalAutonomous Pallet Jack at Kernersville, North Carolina, USA →North America · verified Mar 2018
View the full FedEx Corporation deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Raj Subramaniam President & CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (3)
- Frederick W. Smithcofounderno longer at company
- Frederick W Smithno longer at company
- Frederick W Smithno longer at company
Former / Previously (3)
- Frederick W. Smith Founder & Former CEOsecondary-verified
- Frederick W Smith Foundersecondary-verified
- Frederick W Smith Foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting FedEx Corporation (1)
- FAA grounds FedEx MD-11 fleet pending inspection after fatal UPS crash in Kentucky2025-11-08 · Regulatory action
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
FedEx Corporation on the data-center map
Every verified data center FedEx Corporation operates that has a mapped coordinate (1 total). Filled circles are Tier-2 facilities and Tier-1 campuses under this operator; click any pin to open its record.
FedEx Corporation data centers (1)
- FedEx Enterprise Data Center West (EDC-W)Colorado Springs · decommissioned
AI data centers FedEx Corporation operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Operator customers (1)
- FedEx Corporation2 deployments
Recent coverage
FedEx Corporation in third-party press
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Serve Robotics3 models
- Also2 models
- Avride2 models
- Coco Robotics2 models
- Daxbot2 models
Financial state
- Employees
- 500,000
- Reporting basis
- sec_10k
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
5 total · 4 operating · 1 just announced · 1 ended
Every company FedEx Corporation has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- FedEx x Dexterity2026-07-30with Dexterityoperating
- FedEx x Dexterity (Truck Loading Robots)2026-04-01with Dexterityoperating
- FedEx x Berkshire Grey2022-06-01with Berkshire Greyoperating
- FedEx x Nuro2021-08-01with Nurooperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Dexterity2× joint4 total
- 2Berkshire Grey1× joint1 total
- 3Nuro1× joint7 total
- 4QuikBot Technologies1× joint2 total
All 5 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—just announced
- deployment2026-07-30operating
- deployment2026-04-01operating
- deployment2022-06-01operating
- FedEx x NurowithNuro7deployment2021-08-01concludedoperating
Timeline
Every recorded move in FedEx Corporation’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipFedEx x Dexterity
2026-07-30FedEx and Dexterity expand multi-year collaboration to scale autonomous trailer-loading robots at FedEx Hagerstown Hub in Maryland. Dexterity's Mech dual-armed robot powered by Foresight world model handles trailer loading operations. Deployment moves beyond pilot to production scale.
PartnershipFedEx x Dexterity (Truck Loading Robots)
2026-04-01FedEx is partnering with Dexterity to pilot 'superhumanoid' robots for truck loading at logistics facilities. The robots use Dexterity's Foresight world model to autonomously interpret incoming parcels and stack them into dense, stable walls. The deployment aims to increase throughput and reduce physical strain in high-volume operations.
PartnershipFedEx x Berkshire Grey
2022-06-01FedEx and Berkshire Grey collaborated over multiple years to develop the Scoop autonomous robotic trailer unloading system. FedEx first deployed Berkshire Grey's RPSi sorting systems in 2021, expanded the relationship in 2022, and launched the Scoop system in 2026 for fully autonomous trailer unloading at FedEx facilities.
PartnershipFedEx x Nuro
2021-08-01FedEx partnered with Nuro to test autonomous delivery vehicles in Houston, exploring multi-stop and appointment-based delivery operations. The pilot marked Nuro's expansion into parcel logistics.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Incident recordedNov 8, 2025
FAA grounds FedEx MD-11 fleet pending inspection after fatal UPS crash in Kentucky
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 1, 2020
Roxo SameDay Bot at Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 1, 2019
Roxo SameDay Bot at Frisco, Texas, USA
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-22
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for FedEx Corporation.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Serve Robotics3 models
- Also2 models
- Avride2 models
- Coco Robotics2 models
- Daxbot2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning FedEx Corporation from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Fake FedEx drivers steal $680K electronics load from New Castle, DE, warehouse
A California man now faces felony charges after Delaware troopers followed a trail of fraudulent documents, a false plate and a parked tractor-trailer. The post Fake FedEx drivers…
FedEx's Consolidation Plan Puts $3B Of CMBS Debt In Crosshairs
FedEx's consolidation could trouble industrial landlords with leases expiring before mortgages mature.
UHP Report Of Highway 40 Fatal Accident Involving FedEx Truck
Utah Highway Patrol has shared information on the fatal accident near Heber on September 14th. A 2003 Dodge Ram pickup traveling eastbound left its lane of travel and struck the…
FedEx Launches FedEx Authenticated Delivery
New premium service combines QR code for added security on high-value and sensitive shipments.
FedEx Freight expands CTO’s role to cover commercial strategy following CCO ouster
Less-than-truckload carrier FedEx Freight named Mike Rodgers as chief commercial and technology officer, following the recent termination of an executive. The post FedEx Freight…
FedEx targets cross-border ecommerce challenges with Global Trade Navigator tools
FedEx launched a new set of digital trade tools it designed to help businesses in a dynamic global environment to navigate tariffs, customs requirements and cross-border shipping…
FedEx Freight fires chief commercial officer following internal probe
FedEx Freight announced that it has terminated Chief Specialized Services and Commercial Officer Mike Lyons, who was appointed to the role ahead of the company’s spinoff from…
U.S. Army taps FedEx Dataworks and Google Cloud to modernize military logistics network under flagship Strategic Capital Initiative
The U.S. Army is turning to a FedEx Dataworks-led team and Google’s secure cloud infrastructure to modernize its domestic non-tactical logistics network.
FedEx and Dexterity Expand Physical AI Deployment for Autonomous Trailer Loading at Hagerstown Hub
Insider Brief FedEx and Dexterity are expanding their collaboration to deploy Dexterity’s Foresight world model and Mech trailer-loading robots at the FedEx Hagerstown Hub in…
Scottie Scheffler rallies to win second FedEx Cup title to join elite company
Scheffler, the world's No. 1 player and point standings leader, shot a 4-under-par 66 to finish 16-under 264
FedEx to invest $150M for air cargo terminal in Delhi
FedEx plans to invest $400 million at two airports in India to upgrade its air cargo facilities. The post FedEx to invest $150M for air cargo terminal in Delhi appeared first on…
U.S. Postal Service plans 6% peak season surcharge for parcels
(UPDATED 8/27/26 at 12 p.m. with UPS news) The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday proposed surcharges for domestic package delivery during the peak holiday season to cover extra…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/fedex.md
- RSS feed: /companies/fedex/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/6fc5f8d4-340f-404b-9bd9-b65fd972a3da
- Revision history: /companies/fedex/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Serve Robotics3 models
- Also2 models
- Avride2 models
- Coco Robotics2 models
- Daxbot2 models
Video
FedEx recently deployed four parcel-handling robots from Plus One Robotics in the small-package sorting area of its Memphis Hub. Video Credit: FedEx
FedEx will test the SameDay Bot in Plano later this summer. It will travel at moderate speeds on sidewalks and along roadsides, delivering smaller shipments to
At Intel's recent Innovation Day, Intel and Fedex discussed its partnership with Dean Kamen (Segway Inventor) on Roxo, a new robot that will help with last-mile
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The FedEx same-day bot is a large white cube atop four wheels.
FedEx will begin testing autonomous delivery robots, called the `SameDay Bot` to residential areas.
Unveiling DexR, a cutting-edge AI-powered robot by Dexterity A I & FedEx, designed to revolutionize logistics! Dive into the future of autonomous truck loading,
The robots will handle deliveries ranging from Walmart to Pizza Hut.
Heat Index
Serious60/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
FedEx Corporation draws attention at the 83rd percentile but verifies reality at the 60th percentile among sidewalk robots. Hype Gap +22.6, 7th widest among sidewalk robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 25, 2026