JD.com's self-developed drones are pictured in Suqian city of East China's Jiangsu province. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
JD.com: Drones, driverless cars and unmanned warehouses
JD.com Inc, the second-largest domestic online retailer by market share, is focusing on intelligent logistics. The company has developed drones, driverless cars and fully-automated warehouses to automate its logistics flow, according to a report by Xinhua.
In a fully-automated warehouse, goods can be sorted and delivered by robots that can make independent judgments and act according to different application scenarios and types of goods.
While the company's self-developed drones have already been used in rural areas for "last mile" distributions, the driverless cars that can deliver goods to designated pickup spots will have their first trial operation in areas near the company's headquarters in Beijing this November, according to a report by lanjingtmt.com.
Suning: Intelligent logistics
Retail giant Suning Commerce Group Co will induct its intelligent warehouse 'Suning cloud warehouse' during the shopping festival.
The whole-process mechanized, automated and intelligent warehouse can process 1.81 million packages daily and deliver goods in the shortest time of 30 minutes.
