DB Schenker tests out robots

The robots are equipped with stereoscopic cameras and use machine learning to work safely among human employees. Each can lift up to 800 kg and the batteries can be replaced in the course of their operations. The robots are being tested at the company’s centre in Leipzig. A few weeks after the start of operations, DB Schenker expanded the programme by adding a number of pickup and delivery points. In the first month of the pilot programme, the average distance covered by the robot exceeded 26 km per week. “DB Schenker is exploring the possibilities of using innovations created by start-ups,” comments Xavier Garijo, a member of the board at Schenker AG. “Our machines process visual data the way we do, they understand what surrounds them and how it relates to their tasks. This is a huge technological leap,” says Matija Kopić, the CEO and a co-founder of Gideon Brothers.