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Berkshire Grey robotic picking and sorting
Berkshire Grey, from Bedford, Massachusetts, makes robot systems that pick items, pack orders and sort parcels in warehouses. Its Scoop robot unloads parcels from truck trailers. SoftBank agreed to buy the company in 2023. Berkshire Grey website
- Evidence
- Independently reported
- Human help
- None reported
- Last milestone
- 18 June 2026
01Can I get it?
Yes, in places
- Where it works today
- In warehouses of large US retailers including Walmart, Target and TJX, and at FedEx parcel sites. Boston Globe, 24 Mar 2023
- Published price
- No published price in our sources.
- Human help
- Our sources report it working without human help.
02Track record
What has actually happened
Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.
03Promised vs delivered
What the maker said, and when
Dated targets the maker set in public, against what has happened since.
- Said3 Feb 2026
First Scoop unloaders running at FedEx in 2026
FedEx and Berkshire Grey said the first Scoop trailer unloaders would be working at FedEx later in 2026. Supply Chain 24/7, 3 Feb 2026
Still pending
04Safety and incidents
What has gone wrong
No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.
On video
What it looks like, at stage 4
Videos from the maker show the robot at its best. The stage comes from the dated record above, not from what a video shows.
Building a Career in Robotics Engineering at Berkshire Grey
Career Growth Through Collaboration at Berkshire Grey
How Core™ Picks Items It Has Never Seen Before
Robotic Trailer Unloading: See Berkshire Grey Scoop™ in Action
Grocery Sortation: Replacing Manual Put-to-Store with Stride™
Grocery Automation: Combining Robotic Picking and SortationHow we placed it
The rule, not an opinion
Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.
- 5
Regulator-cleared or mass market
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
- 4
Paying customersThis robot
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
Placed by: FedEx and Berkshire Grey expanded their deal. FedEx Ground was to use its robots to sort small parcels, and FedEx got the right to buy shares if it ordered at least $200 million of its products and services (3 Aug 2022).
- 3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
- 2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
- 1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.
What we couldn't confirm. We could not confirm the date SoftBank's purchase closed, how many Berkshire Grey systems are in use, or how much FedEx has actually bought.
Sources
- 01Berkshire Grey website
- 02Boston Globe, 24 Mar 2023
- 03Supply Chain 24/7, 18 June 2026
- 04Supply Chain 24/7, 3 Feb 2026
- 05The Robot Report, 3 Aug 2022
Cite this page
Robotics Verdict. “Berkshire Grey robotic picking and sorting (Berkshire Grey): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/berkshire-grey. Checked 19 October 2026.
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