Logistics automation
Yunji robots expand from hotels to apartments; healthcare and other sectors planned
Its robots carry delivery-app orders from lobbies to doors in about 400 apartment properties. Yunji plans to take a cut but earns nothing yet.
Logistics automation
Autonomous fleets
CiDi driverless trucks cut China-Vietnam round-trip border route to 8 hours
A local report says each round trip, including waiting at the freight yard, takes about eight hours, against two to three days for human-driven trucks.
Logistics automation
KENGIC wins bid for Poland warehouse-automation project
The Shanghai-listed company is set to automate an overseas warehouse hub for a cross-border e-commerce company it won't name. The contract isn't signed yet.
Autonomous fleets
Driverless port vehicles start hauling boxes at Guangzhou's Nansha terminal
Westwell's first 20 Q-Chassis vehicles now share a Nansha terminal with human-driven traffic, and the project plans 60 by 2027.
Smart factories
Automation at a Shenzhen manufacturer using Hikrobot STU robots
Robots, conveyor lines and cameras keep finished handsets moving through the factory's warehouse, says Hikrobot, which built the system with Honor.
Logistics automation
First ship makes trial call at Shanghai's next automated terminal
A trial berthing at Xiaoyangshan North starts crane tests at a terminal Shanghai International Port Group says will run fully automated and all-electric.
Autonomous fleets
Meituan tests driverless vans on rural postal routes in eastern China
Meituan tests driverless vans on rural post routes in eastern China