Pickle Robot is on a mission to automate loading and unloading trucks - one of the most difficult human logistics tasks.

The problems we solve are human problems, not technical ones. We work to understand what customers need, we validate rather than assume, and we deliver products that make people’s lives better.

All labor is skilled labor. Information is contained in people and process. We go where things happen, cultivate empathy, and acquire context. We show passion, enthusiasm, and effort: these are infectious in person!

Good judgment is more effective and enjoyable than policies: individuals have the most local context to make decisions. We take risks responsibly, but freely and we support the decision making of our teammates. We have a strong bias for action and we trust each other.

Differing points of view and opinions lead us to better ideas and solutions because conflict avoided is conflict multiplied. We give each other the benefit of the doubt, assume positive intent and assume informed perspective. We center discussion on ideas and experiments, and we engage and listen, especially in disagreement.

Companies succeed on growth rates: small steps compound geometrically. We iterate frequently to keep integrations manageable, balance plucking low hanging fruit with solving key problems in reverse risk order and celebrate small wins. 

Robots are complicated: “keep it simple” applies more strongly in our domain. We search for root causes, build from first principles, and solve problems we have today over problems we might have tomorrow. Simple ≠ easy. We take the extra effort to simplify.

Physical AI combines Generative AI, transformers, and large foundation models with intelligent robotics to commercially impact the physical economy enabling robots to do physical work at human scale or better. We call this “Physical AI,” and it is the secret to Pickle’s success.