AI in Logistics & Supply Chain: 18 real deployments

Autonomous sidewalk delivery robots operating in Center City Philadelphia

Deploying Digit humanoid robots to move totes in fulfillment warehouses, with expansion from one facility to two additional US sites planned for early 2027

Reported: more than 65,000 real-world hours logged and over 100,000 totes moved at the original Flowery Branch, Georgia facility since 2023

Operating AI-powered robovan fleet of 30,000 vehicles for local service and fulfillment across 300+ cities in 20 countries

deploying Digit 5 humanoid robot with Nyobolt ultra-fast charging for warehouse jobs including depalletizing, kitting, and quality inspection, targeting more than 20 productive hours per day

Piloting Robros bipedal humanoid robots alongside human operators in cold-chain logistics operations under South Korea's regulatory sandbox

Deploying warehouse-packing robots-as-a-service fleet using Physical Intelligence's policy stack for learned, adaptive fleet operations at customer sites

humanoid robots deployed to sort parcels at China Post Group facilities in Shenzhen

DHL Supply Chain runs Locus Robotics' Array system, mobile robots plus picking arms, in production (not piloting), handling pick, putaway, induction, and replenishment in one fleet for end-to-end warehouse fulfillment.

Reported: a claimed 90% reduction in manual labor

Using Fragment's AI agents in direct-procurement workflows to resolve order changes, invoice mismatches and supply disruptions inside existing systems

operating 41 driverless box trucks moving Frito-Lay product across Dallas, Phoenix, and Northwest Arkansas under a multi-year deal with PepsiCo

AI-powered transportation management platform for freight brokers orchestrating quoting, carrier sourcing, execution, billing, and customer engagement across truckload, LTL, drayage, and cross-border operations

Expanding Prime Air drone delivery to five additional metropolitan areas, targeting approximately 500 cities by year-end

Announced strategic partnership with Zipline to add autonomous drone delivery to Uber Eats, starting in existing Zipline markets including Dallas and Houston later in 2026, targeting one million drone deliveries per day by end of 2029

China Post deployed humanoid robot sorters alongside robotic arms and unmanned forklifts at its Jianggao logistics site under the Guangzhou postal center.

Reported: Humanoids process up to 1,200 parcels per hour at a facility handling an average of 6.5 million pieces of mail per day, with fingertip sensors rated to detect pressure as light as 3 grams.

DHL Supply Chain operates 8,000 robots inside its warehouses, changing headcount, onboarding and picker workflows.

Romark Logistics deployed Dexory's autonomous inventory robots for real-time inventory scanning across its Pennsylvania warehouse without disrupting picking throughput.

Shipping text-to-order service and CLI agent for AI-driven customer ordering

Sysco's COO added seven AI agents to his team but found no established frameworks exist for managing them, part of an 'automation illusion' that COOs at Nike and Box also described, with Box launching a company-wide retraining program after low staff adoption.