Last-mile delivery can represent up to half of total logistics costs, making it the most challenging and expensive phase of the fulfillment chain. Traditional fixed-location lockers solve part of the problem but what if the locker moved with the flow of people?
That’s the idea now being tested on campus at McMaster University.
From Research to Real-World Deployment
BlueBox, the smart locker platform developed by Bluebits Technologies, has been installed on a city bus as part of a pilot led by WePick Technologies in collaboration with McMaster University.
Bluebits has worked closely with the WePick team for over a year to transform their research concept into a fully operational smart logistics system. The result is a solution that synchronizes deliveries across:
– Transit vehicles
– Smart locker compartments
– A cloud-connected user app
Packages now move with the campus’s transportation network and not around it.
Why Bluebits Makes This Possible
Most companies offer either hardware or software. Bluebits builds both, in-house.
This full-stack control allows:
– Rapid customization for each partner
– Tight integration between physical devices and digital systems
– Deployment at lower cost and faster timelines than typical market alternatives
Instead of forcing clients to adapt to standardized products, Bluebits adapts the technology to the partner’s business model from logistics and mobility to real estate and retail.
Enabling Ideas That Scale
The WePick pilot demonstrates what happens when innovation meets practical execution. Great ideas don’t succeed because they’re exciting; they succeed because they can be built, deployed, maintained, and scaled.
Bluebits is the partner that makes that possible.
It turns smart infrastructure concepts into operational systems by helping organizations deliver the future of connected services, not just imagine it.