Imagine getting your lunchbox delivered by an autonomous robot straight to your office. In China, it’s already happening. O2O giant Meituan Dianping has launched the Meituan Autonomous Delivery (MAD) Platform featuring driverless delivery vehicles that shuttle meals from restaurants to consumers. The new MAD Platform was officially launched in Beijing, July 25th with Meituan Dianping’s […]
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JD deepens relationship with China’s military with first unmanned supermarket for PLA’s Academy of Armored Forces
On May 30, JD launched the first unmanned convenience supermarket for PLA’s Academy of Armored Forces (陆军装甲并学院). JD and land forces’ logistics unit (陆军后勤部) jointly contribute to the technical support of the supermarket. The business itself will be run by the Academy. This is not JD’s first move in China’s “military and civil integration (军民融合)” […]
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Alibaba’s logistics arm shows off self-developed driver-less van
Alibaba’s logistics unit Cainiao is speeding up the development of driverless delivery vehicles. On April 19, the company released photos from the road test of its self-developed driverless van. According to local media reports (in Chinese), the company said autonomous driving in logistics has matured, and they plan to start putting their commercial mass-produce driverless delivery […]
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China to build 150 advanced logistics hubs by 2025
Some 127 cities were named as qualified locations for the country’s ambitious transport hub project.
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Cainiao delivers the first 100 million Singles’ Day parcels in 2.6 days
Five years ago, it took Cainiao 9 days to deliver the first 100 million Singles’ Day packages.
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Alibaba launches China’s biggest robotic warehouse ahead of Singles Day
Logistic arm launches smart warehouse just in time for China’s biggest e-commerce extravaganza.
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Jack Ma goes all-in on smart logistics infrastructure network
In a surprise appearance at last week’s Cainiao’s Global Smart Logistics Summit, Chinese tech tycoon Jack Ma announced that Cainiao Network, the logistics affiliate of Alibaba, is going to invest more than RMB 100 billion ($15 billion) to build the technical backbone for a smart logistics network aimed at improving delivery reach and efficiency. (Read […]
