At logistics firm Geodis, driving forklifts can be an office job

Phantom Auto quality assurance head Eric McCarter's hands grasp the steering wheel of a remote operator system for a forklift during a demonstration by Phantom Auto in Mountain View, California, US. — Reuters

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: French logistics firm Geodis and Silicon Valley remote driving software startup Phantom Auto Inc on March 31 announced a partnership for developing remote-controlled forklifts, a move that can make forklift driving an office job.

“So I can be in one warehouse in Marseille in the morning and work for another warehouse in Calais in the north of France during the afternoon,” said Stéphanie Hervé, chief operating officer of Western Europe, Middle East and Africa for Geodis.