Pickle Robot
Robots that unload trucks and containers
Ranked #8 in Best Robotics Startups in Logistics.
Pickle Robot, founded in 2018 in the Boston area, makes robots that unload loose, non-palletised boxes from trucks and shipping containers. It closed a $50 million Series B in November 2024 and took orders for more than 30 robots from six customers.
At a glance
| Price from | Custom |
| Best for | Distribution centres with heavy inbound truck volume |
From Pickle Robot's own website.
What stands out
- Automates a hard, injury-prone job
- Large reported order from UPS
Worth knowing
- Narrow task focus
- Price not published
How it ranks
Pickle Robot is ranked 8th of 10 in Best Robotics Startups in Logistics (Lister Score 88.0).
#8 in Best Robotics Startups in Logistics · Lister Score 88.0
UPS was reported to be investing about $120 million in roughly 400 Pickle systems, with deployments from late 2026..
| Rank | Best Robotics Startups in Logistics | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zipline | 97.1 |
| 2 | Dexterity | 95.8 |
| 3 | Exotec | 94.5 |
| 4 | Locus Robotics | 93.2 |
| 5 | Starship Technologies | 91.9 |
| 6 | Hai Robotics | 90.6 |
| 7 | Nimble Robotics | 89.3 |
| 8 | Pickle Robot | 88.0 |
| 9 | Outrider | 86.7 |
| 10 | Plus One Robotics | 85.4 |
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Pickle Robot is ranked 8th of 10 in Best Robotics Startups in Logistics (Lister Score 88.0).
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