DHL Supply Chain puts Stretch to work unloading trailers, scaling to 1,000+ units
Manually unloading cartons inside hot or cold trailers was a safety burden and hard to staff.
First commercial deployment in North America in January 2023; Stretch picks cartons one by one onto a conveyor. Since expanded to the UK and Europe.
Unloading up to 700 cases/hour; in May 2025 DHL agreed to deploy 1,000+ more units and extend to case picking.
Sources: Boston Dynamics ニュース(DHL MoU, 2025-05) / Boston Dynamics 公式事例(Stretch at DHL) / DHL Supply Chain プレスリリース(2023-01, Robotics 24/7 転載)
