# Autonomous Pallet Jack at Kernersville, North Carolina, USA: deployment

Canonical ID: `5ee2c447-3f6a-4e86-8e82-f7a3b926b510`

Fleet of six RT4500 Tuggers pulling trains of carts with bulky goods at FedEx industrial shipping hub. Profiled by The New York Times.

## Key facts

- **Fleet size:** 6 RT4500 Tuggers

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-17_

- **Slug:** vecna-autonomous-pallet-jack-kernersville-north-carolina-usa
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Autonomous Pallet Jack](/models/vecna-autonomous-pallet-jack.md) (id: `04de8d99-8788-41b4-bfaa-cf86ebbf8345`)
- **Company:** [Vecna Robotics](/companies/vecna-robotics.md) (id: `428e2ef1-3660-44d5-9e2e-6058e953982a`)
- **Location:** [Kernersville, North Carolina, USA](/locations/kernersville-north-carolina-usa.md) (id: `eef2654d-8280-47bf-8b44-283443019fdc`)
- **Operator:** [FedEx Corporation](/companies/fedex.md) (id: `6fc5f8d4-340f-404b-9bd9-b65fd972a3da`)
- **First seen:** 2018-03-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **FedEx Follows Amazon Into the Robotic Future** · https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/technology/fedex-robots.html · 2018-03-18

## Common questions

### What is the Autonomous Pallet Jack deployment at Kernersville, North Carolina, USA?

Autonomous Pallet Jack, built by Vecna Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Kernersville, North Carolina, USA on the DEPLOY registry. FedEx Corporation operates the deployment.

### Who operates Autonomous Pallet Jack at Kernersville, North Carolina, USA?

FedEx Corporation operates this deployment as a customer of Vecna Robotics, the manufacturer of Autonomous Pallet Jack.

### When did the Autonomous Pallet Jack deployment at Kernersville, North Carolina, USA go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting March 18, 2018 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Autonomous Pallet Jack deployment at Kernersville, North Carolina, USA?

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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