British Reuters reported on September 28, the original title: Chinese technology giants turn to robot deliverymen. Just press a button and scan the courier order, and the autonomous driving robot is ready to drive to the streets of Beijing.

With the surge in demand for contactless delivery, Chinese technology giants such as Alibaba and JD are preparing to add more than 1,000 more robots to their distribution robot army next year.

Kong Qi, chief scientist of JD Logistics’ autonomous driving, said that as labor costs rise and automation costs fall, the use of robots can also benefit the company’s delivery staff. A self-driving delivery vehicle receives and dispatches packages, and he also does more customer service work, so his salary has increased accordingly."

However, there are only a few partitions installed on the robot for storing express boxes. Some consumers said that this robot is not as efficient as human delivery. "I think the efficiency of the robot is very low when it is necessary to deliver to the office. People. A lot of food and merchandise were ordered, but as you can see this robot, its delivery capacity is quite small."

United States Seeking Alpha Financial Network, September 28 article, original title: By 2022, the delivery robots of Chinese technology giants will increase fourfold. Alibaba and JD predict that they will use more than 2,000 delivery robots by 2022. The number of robots currently in use has increased by 4 times.

In China, it is still difficult to recruit workers, and the mandatory requirement to guarantee the rest time of the delivery staff also reduces the delivery efficiency.

Using robots for delivery has both advantages and limitations. Researchers from the University of Michigan claim that using delivery robots in cities can reduce delivery costs by 10% to 40%. However, the robot cannot enter the area with stairs and is only allowed to drive on certain prescribed routes.

Delivery Robot;

Dispatching Robot;

AMR Robot.