Yusen Logistics is integrating Pickle Unload Systems for unloading operations with the goal of enhancing worker safety and efficiency.

Pickle Robot Company announced that it closed a $26 million Series A funding round and it has live pilot implementations in the LA area.

There seems to be a renewed focus on automating the grueling task of unloading trailers. Boston Dynamics revealed its Stretch mobile manipulator at the end of March, while Memphis-based robotics startup Dextrous Robotics recently emerged from stealth with its Chopstick system. Dextrous co-founder Evan Drumwright discussed the system in the RoboBusiness Direct session “Advances in…