Boston Dynamics targets warehouse automation space with Stretch robot
Boston Dynamics has taken the wraps off Stretch, its new box moving robot, marking the company’s official entrance into warehouse automation.
“Warehouses are struggling to meet rapidly increasing demand as the world relies more on just in time delivery of goods,” says Robert Playter, CEO at Boston Dynamics.
“Mobile robots enable the flexible movement of materials and improve working conditions for employees.”
“Stretch combines our advancements in mobility, perception and manipulation to tackle the most challenging, injury prone case handling tasks, and we’re excited to see it put to work.”
Boston Dynamics is currently seeking customers to pilot test deployment of Stretch with truck unloading tasks ahead of its commercial deployment in 2022.
Hyundai Motor Group recently agreed to buy a controlling stake in the company from SoftBank Group Corp in a deal that values the robot maker at $1.1 billion.
