Serenity: JD Aims to Replace 700,000 Delivery Drivers with Robots, Automation Wave in the Logistics Industry Could Sweep the Globe

BlockBeats News, July 5th. Serenity reported that Richard Liu, the founder of e-commerce giant JD.com, had revealed that in the future, robots will gradually replace about 700,000 delivery drivers. The company has signed cooperation agreements with around 120 schools to train delivery drivers to transition to positions such as robot maintenance and repair.

Serenity believes that this aligns with Amazon's previous proposal to reduce future hiring needs by around 600,000 through robots, indicating that the commercialization of robots is accelerating. The human structure in the logistics industry is transitioning from "human delivery" to "robot operation and maintenance."

It is expected that this model may gradually expand to global logistics and delivery platforms such as DoorDash, Uber, and Mercado Libre in the future. The commercialization of robots may progress faster than the market generally expects.