Boston Dynamics Stretch unloads shipping containers for DHL

Описание: Case handling workflows can become a bottleneck in any supply chain, especially at the loading dock. Ocean containers from overseas manufacturers are often floor loaded to maximize capacity.

Unloading containers is a dull, dirty, and dangerous job. It’s ergonomically unfriendly, requiring frequent lifting, straining, and twisting. Without temperature control, shipping containers also magnify temperature extremes, becoming freezers in the winter and dangerously hot ovens in the summer.

To help meet the needs of its customers, global third party logistics (3PL) provider ‪@dhl‬ partnered with ‪@BostonDynamics‬ to develop a mobile case handling platform called Stretch. Boston Dynamics developed the technology, and DHL helped commercialize Stretch by connecting it with use cases.

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