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Seegrid says its self-driving lift trucks and tow tractors have driven more than 20 million miles for customers.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported · Sets Self-driving forklifts's stage
What the source says
“With 20M+ customer miles driven to date, we continue to deliver long-term automation success”
What it means
Self-driving forklifts, from Fox Robotics, Seegrid, Vecna Robotics, Third Wave Automation, and others, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. This event is one of the milestones that placed it there. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: Our sources report it working without human help.
More on Self-driving forklifts
- Fox Robotics says it has 120 of its trailer-unloading forklifts in use at 55 production sites.
- Vecna Robotics sells self-driving forklifts, tow tractors and pallet movers, and lists customers such as Caterpillar, Geodis, FedEx and John Deere.
- After a 16-month trial, Walmart said it was rolling out 19 FoxBot self-driving forklifts across four of its high-tech distribution centers.
- Walmart also bought a minority stake in Fox Robotics, the FoxBot's maker.