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Behold, TruckBot
One undeniable trend from this year’s Modex conference: suddenly everyone is into truck unloading. The past couple of years have gone from a few select
As we peered down from the vantage point of the Mujin booth’s mezzanine meeting rooms, my eye was drawn immediately to the big industrial robot arm in the foreground — this, after all, is what most of these systems look like. Interestingly, the company refers to the system using the language of a robotic arm, including the wrist articulation and the “gripper” at the end, which is really a series of pneumatic suction cups that attach to the side of the box. “TruckBot is a game-changer for warehouses looking to streamline their operations and reduce costs,” the company notes.” The dock door is the largest bottleneck in our supply chain and unloading trailers is back-breaking work.
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