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Dock Duck at Buena Park, California

Contoro's autonomous trailer unloading robot. It drives into a trailer, grips boxes with its DuoGrasp gripper and places them on a conveyor, unloading floor-loaded, non-palletized trailers. Contoro says its AdaptAI software helps the system learn and improve.

Dock Duck by Contoro Robotics · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

Track Dock Duck at Buena Park, California

States Logistics runs Contoro's Dock Duck at its Buena Park facility. Contoro says the robot has unloaded more than 450 floor-loaded, non-palletized trailers in 12 months. The companies plan to add full palletization and are evaluating more sites.

Exposure

Customer segment
logistics
Customer
States Logistics

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Dock Duck at Buena Park, California.

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Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-11-08
Model
Dock Duck
Company
Contoro Robotics
Location
Buena Park, California
Status
operational
ID
b08aa321-942a-4562-ac92-60346ed1f9cc

Timeline

  1. Nov 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
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Sources (2)

  1. Contoro Robotics and States Logistics offload 450 trailers in one year · https://www.robotics247.com/article/contoro-robotics-and-states-logistics-offload-450-trailers-in-one-year · 2026-01-14
  2. Robots unload truck trailers · https://www.kuka.com/en-us/industries/solutions-database/2026/04/robots-unload-truck-trailers
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-11-08

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Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-11-08

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

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Common questions

What is the Dock Duck deployment at Buena Park, California?
Dock Duck, built by Contoro Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Buena Park, California on the DEPLOY registry. Contoro Robotics operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Dock Duck at Buena Park, California?
Contoro Robotics, the manufacturer of Dock Duck, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
Have there been incidents at the Dock Duck deployment at Buena Park, California?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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