Dada Nexus is working with a robotics startup to pilot unmanned grocery delivery in eastern China’s Jiangsu province. The logistics affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is pushing the technology even though Amazon has pulled out of a similar effort. we.
In a joint statement, Shanghai-based Dada and Beijing-based robotics company Infermove said they are working with local merchants in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, to deliver parcels to their door using sidewalk robots that can automatically navigate densely populated areas. Said it was being delivered. .
The delivery robot weighs 50 kg and can carry packages up to 115 kg.
Dada’s move to recharge its last-mile autonomous delivery service follows Amazon’s decision to end field testing of its six-wheeled delivery bot Scout, which it has been piloting in the US since 2019. rice field. The commerce giant said certain aspects of its service did not meet customer needs.
Infermove was co-founded in China last May by Lu Yingxiang, who holds master’s degrees in computer science and economics from Cornell and Harvard Universities. This was backed by former Baidu president Qi Lu’s MiraclePlus startup accelerator. The company specializes in robotics and low-speed autonomous driving research. The company’s pedestrian delivery robot combines two technologies.
