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JD delivery robot
A white four-wheeled robot that carries several parcels, uses lidar and cameras to avoid obstacles and read traffic lights, and texts recipients before it arrives. Speed reported as 3 to 4 km/h.
- Price
- —Unit cost was reported at almost $88,000 during 2016 testing (cost, not a sale price)
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 4.0 km/hFaster than 24%
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
JD made its first public robot parcel deliveries in China on 18 June 2017, starting at Renmin University.
Real-world use
Piloted at universities including Renmin, Tsinghua, Zhejiang and Chang'an in 2017.
Maker
JD.comCompany · founded 1998 · Beijing, ChinaListed on Nasdaq and Hong Kong; JD Logistics listed in Hong Kong (2021)
How it stacks up
Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
JD delivery robot is faster than 24% of the 86 other working & field robots that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, payload, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention JD delivery robot gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
- 3 reported deployments
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. It drove campus routes to recipients by itself, avoiding obstacles and reading traffic lights, with staff monitoring the pilots.
- Sensors & vision
- Lidar and cameras to avoid obstacles and read traffic lights
- Other details
- Carries 6-20 parcels depending on size; 3-4 km/h; recipients unlock by face recognition or code after a text alert
From the maker
JD delivery robot is the only machine from JD.com in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedUnit cost was reported at almost $88,000 during 2016 testing (cost, not a sale price)
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Built
- JD planned 100+ robots in 2017
- Sold or delivered
- Internal JD Logistics fleet
- Customers and pilots
- Renmin, Tsinghua, Zhejiang and Chang'an universities (2017 pilots)
Where it works
3 reported deployments.
- Pilot
Renmin University of China · Renmin University campus · Beijing · since 2017-06
JD.com made its first robot courier deliveries at Renmin University in Beijing. More than 100 robots planned for 2017 across sites China Daily
- Pilot
Zhejiang University · Zhejiang University campus · Hangzhou · since 2017-06
JD.com piloted delivery robots at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou. China Daily
- Pilot
Chang'an University · Chang'an University campus · Xi'an · since 2017-06
JD.com piloted delivery robots at Chang'an University in Xi'an. China Daily
News
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- JD robot makes first delivery
JD's robot courier delivered its first parcels at Renmin University in Beijing during the 618 sale.
China Daily
Sources
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