News / DHL robots Sawyer and Baxter: 'not here to replace but work alongside' human colleagues

23/12/2016

DHL employees may be getting an unusual Christmas present, following the European trial of “collaborative” warehouse robots.

Supplied by Rethink Robotics, Sawyer and Baxter are warehouse robots being trialled across the continent on tasks including assembly, kitting, packaging and pre-retail services.

A spokesperson for DHL told The Loadstar this ...

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