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KEBA’s 25-Year Locker Story with Robert Zehetner and Andre V

This interview features Robert Zehetner, a 25-year expert of KEBA’s parcel locker business. He shares the full journey from the early days of out-of-home delivery to today’s large-scale networks across Europe. Robert entered the field with experience in secure deposit systems and helped adapt that knowledge into the first parcel locker concepts. Those early prototypes required patience because most delivery providers believed home delivery would remain dominant. Robert explains why reliability became KEBA’s defining principle. He sees lockers as critical infrastructure. A courier must be able to complete a drop every time, or the process breaks instantly. This shaped KEBA’s focus on long product life, stable performance in harsh conditions, and electronics design that supports year-round uptime. We also talk through their autonomous locker. Robert describes how the project started by lowering energy usage inside the controller. Once the system consumed less power, the team could build a fully autonomous version that runs on solar and battery. This redesign also improves the performance of grid-connected units, reducing lifetime demands on operators. Robert shares views on the market as well. Out-of-home delivery grew steadily even before COVID. More logistics companies and e-commerce providers now run their own networks. Locker use has become part of checkout design and route planning, not an afterthought. Guest Contact: Robert Zehetner KEBA: www.keba.com LinkedIn:   / keba-group   Andre V Contact: Website: www.parcellockercentral.com Email: andre@parcellockercentral.com LinkedIn:   / veskimeister   Parcel Locker Central:   / parcellockercentral   Office Locker Central:   / officelockers   Lockersfirst:   / lockersfirst   Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:20 Early locker development 04:10 Shift toward out-of-home delivery 06:40 Reliability and long-life hardware 09:10 Autonomous locker design 12:00 AI use cases 14:20 Market growth 16:00 Closing remarks