Pickle Robot Trailer Unloading with Dill Autonomy Engine

Pickle Robot Company is a US physical AI company headquartered in Charlestown, Massachusetts. It automates the dock door, where workers unload loose, non-palletized cartons from trailers and containers by hand, a heavy, injury-prone job that is hard to staff.

Its robot pairs a six-axis KUKA arm with a mobile base, on-board compute, cameras and integrated lighting, and drives into the trailer to pick and place cases onto conveyors. The Dill Autonomy Engine combines classical optimal control with generative AI models fine-tuned for logistics and learns from millions of real-world picks, sharing improvements across the fleet. Dashboards track picks per hour, unload times and package mix by robot, site or network. Customers are parcel carriers, retailers and logistics operators such as UPS.

• Trailer unloading robot: six-axis KUKA arm on a mobile base that works inside trailers and containers.
• Dill Autonomy Engine: combines optimal control and generative AI for case picking.
• Machine vision: multiple cameras with real-time signal processing to handle mixed freight.
• Fleet learning: improvements from millions of picks are shared across all robots.
• Dashboards: track picks per hour, unload times and package mix by robot or site.
• Inbound integration: works with Ambi Robotics AmbiStack to go from unloading to pallet stacking.

A bonded warehouse near Cai Mep port can automate unloading of loose cartons from import containers. A parcel carrier hub can unload trucks continuously across night shifts. A retail distribution centre can link robot unloading to conveyors and automatic pallet stacking for faster receiving.

Robots unload 400 to 1,500 cases per hour in production depending on freight, and the company says a trailer can be emptied in as little as 90 minutes. Installation at a dock door takes days and needs no WMS integration. UPS reports reduced physical strain on employees and better package care. Fleet-wide learning keeps improving performance over time.

Manual unloading of floor-loaded containers is one of the hardest warehouse jobs to staff, and import-heavy distribution centres face growing container volumes. Physical AI that combines robot arms with learned perception is moving from pilots to production at carriers and retailers, and the same need exists at container-heavy logistics hubs in Southeast Asia.

Headquartered in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA. Named to Fast Company's 2026 Most Innovative Companies list. Partners with Ambi Robotics on integrated inbound automation and uses Celonis process intelligence to link robot performance to customer KPIs. UPS is a referenced customer.