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Deepti Sri · · 1 min readJD.com, Meituan, Neolix to trial self-driving delivery vehicles in Beijing
“Beijing has greenlighted JD.com, Meituan, and Neolix to trial self-driving delivery vehicles on designated public roads in the Yizhuang Development Area, an economic and technological growth pilot initiated by the municipal government of the capital city,” TechCrunch reported.
Details:
- JD.com’s vehicles will deliver packages from logistics centers and supermarkets to offices, residential complexes, and schools, while Neolix’s vehicles are more like mobile vending machines that carry snacks and lunchboxes for workers around offices.
- Autonomous vehicle startup Neolix will deploy 150 delivery robots in Beijing by June. Meanwhile, remote safety drivers at JD.com can monitor up to 60 delivery robots simultaneously.
Context:
- The development comes amid a rise in the use of robots by companies to drive their operations. Recently, Grab said it will pilot a robot runner service, which will help consolidate orders from several restaurants at a mall in Singapore.
- Beijing’s Yizhuang area has also rolled out 5G coverage throughout the district to carry out driverless vehicle testing.
Editing by Collin Furtado and Jaclyn Tiu
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