JD's logistic arm test unmanned robotic grocery deliveries in Suzhou
Dada Nexus, the logistics affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, is piloting unmanned grocery deliveries in China’s eastern Jiangsu province through partnership with Beijing-based robotics company Infermove.Two companies will dispatch a team of sidewalk robots to deliver parcels for local merchants in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. The delivery robots weigh 50 kilograms and can carry loads of up to 115kg.Dada’s autonomous delivery service so far has been adopted by JD’s omnichannel supermarket brand Seven Fresh and Tencent-backed Yonghui Supermarket to deliver on-demand order to more t...