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UPS x Pickle Robot

UPS ordered 400 truck-unloading robots from Pickle Robot Co. for 20M, part of its B automation plan. Robots will deploy across multiple UPS facilities starting late 2026.

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Type
deployment
Status
Announcedoperating
Announced
2025-12-15
9 months ago
Active for
9 months

Who’s involved

UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global logistics company with $88.7B in annual revenue and ~460,000 employees, operating autonomous delivery drones through its [UPS Flight Forward](/companies/matternet) subsidiary and deploying 1,400+ warehouse robots from partners including [Locus Robotics](/companies/locus-robotics) and [Geek+](/companies/geekplus) across its network. The company is investing $9B in automation across 60+ US facilities as part of a four-year plan announced in 2024, including a $120M order for 400 truck-unloading robots from Pickle Robot Co. UPS Flight Forward was the first company to receive FAA Part 135 Standard certification for drone delivery operations in October 2019.

HQAtlanta, Georgia, USAunitedparcelservice.ai5 partnerships

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Pickle Robottechnology provider

Pickle Robot is a robotics company developing autonomous robot systems for truck unloading and warehouse depalletizing, using AI-powered manipulation for logistics automation.

HQCambridge, Massachusetts, USApicklerobot.com2 partnerships

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/ups-robots-unload-trucks

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