Deployment
Stretch at Memphis
Stretch is Boston Dynamics' commercial warehouse robot: a vacuum-gripper arm mounted on an omnidirectional wheeled base, designed for truck and container unloading and case handling at roughly 800 boxes per hour (cases up to 50 lb). It has been available for commercial purchase since 2023 and is recorded at commercial maturity, with verified customers including DHL Supply Chain (a $15 million pre-order and the first commercial deployment), Performance Team (a Maersk company), Gap, H&M, NFI ($10 million), and Otto Group (20-plus facilities). It is distinct from Boston Dynamics' Spot quadruped and Atlas humanoid (see boston-dynamics-atlas), sharing only the manufacturer.
Stretch by Boston Dynamics · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Warehouse & Logistics Robotics
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Boston Dynamics Stretch case-handling robot deployed at DHL Supply Chain warehouse in Memphis, TN. Unloading trailers autonomously.
Key facts
- Fleet
- Boston Dynamics Stretch case-handling robot
- Operator
- DHL Supply Chain
- Coverage
- Memphis, TN
- Use Case
- Unloading trailers autonomously
- Technology
- AMR
Exposure
- Customer segment
- logistics
- Scale tier
- commercial 10 99
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Safety record
No incidents on record for Stretch at Memphis.
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- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-21
- Model
- Stretch
- Company
- Boston Dynamics
- Location
- United States/Tennessee/Memphis
- Operator
- Boston Dynamics
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- customer deployed
- Scale at site
- 11 to 100 units
- Site environment
- indoor
- Location precision
- verified coordinates
- First seen
- 2024-06-01
- ID
a08b9fe3-eb03-4c4a-9afe-4f5b12df69ca
Timeline
- Jun 2024First recordedStretch first documented operating at Memphis.
- Jun 2026created
- Aug 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
On the deployment map
Stretch operates in Memphis. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (2)
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: amr
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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- Markdown mirror: /deployments/stretch-dhl-memphis.md
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Boston Dynamics' footage of its Stretch robot autonomously unloading floor-to-ceiling boxes from a trailer onto a conveyor at a Gap facility. Facility-bounded case-handling autonomy inside a mapped dock and warehouse, not open-world.