robotics - Murat's Lab

DHL hit a billion picks and the item was a pink beanie

By Murat Can Dogruyol in warehousing on 11 Apr 2026

There's a press release I've been thinking about for a week. DHL Supply Chain and Locus Robotics just crossed one billion cumulative picks on their joint AMR fleet. The billionth item, the one that actually tripped the counter, was a pink beanie. I don't…

A note about humanoid robots and where they actually are right now

By Murat Can Dogruyol in warehousing on 11 Apr 2026

I was scrolling through humanoid robot coverage last week and ended up in a spot I didn't expect. The press coverage is going one way, the actual shipment numbers are going a different way, and I can't stop thinking about the gap. At the start of…