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Each robotmart vehicle has 10 lockers, each with a capacity to carry 22Kg (50 pounds) from a local retailer to a customer for a flat fee of $3. The vehicles are Level 4 self-driving. That same level of self-driving has now allowed self-driving trucks to master highway driving. We've already got ports that are almost 100% automated, Europe's largest port, Rotterdam, being a prime example.

Almost all the functional pieces of a 100%-robot global logistics chain are here and working; every step from the factory of origin to the end customer. The last few areas where humans need to load/unload, or pack/unpack, will soon be mastered by robots, too.

Robomart unveils new delivery robot with $3 flat fee to challenge DoorDash, Uber Eats

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[โ€“] tmyakal@infosec.pub 4 points 1 week ago

Hahaha. So many people outside of logistics have no idea how logistics works.

I can only speak for the US, but I am confident that anyone who gets into trucking now will be able to retire from trucking when they hit 65. (Assuming we're not all already dead from war or climate collapse.)

Big LTL companies like UPS or FedEx will probably be able to automate standard pallet hub-to-hub shipments. Per this article, final mile delivery for small parcels can probably be automated. So that just leaves... most freight?

Smaller shippers and receivers, including regional carriers or smaller manufacturers, are still running their logistics like it's 1970. They don't have the capital or any real incentive to modernize to a standard that would be needed for fully automated logistics. There would need to be funded government mandates and extensive infrastructure work across the country.